How to minimise stock market losses

The world is an uncertain place. So how can you avoid losing too much should the market suddenly take a turn for the worse? Ignore trendy tech stocks and think value investing - and commodity stocks.

The world is a very uncertain place and this uncertainty can ruin the best-laid plans of brilliant entrepreneurs. Dhandho investors realize this and seek to minimize the size of the losses they can potentially suffer. The best way to minimize the size of losses in the stock market is to minimize the price you're willing to pay for shares in a business.

Commodity stocks: establishing a 'moat'

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