The three things that can stop you from investing profitably

Professional investor looks at three traits inherent to humans that make us less effective as investors.

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Editor's note: this afternoon we have a guest post from Tim Price, acclaimed value fund manager and regular MoneyWeek contributor. Come and see Tim talking to MoneyWeek executive editor John Stepek and Iain Barnes of Netwealth on February 12th - get your tickets here now.

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YearValue of $10,000in Company XValue of $10,000in S&P 500 index
1971$10,000$10, 000
1974$5,708$7,456
1975$5,422$10,229
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YearValue of $10,000in Company XValue of $10,000in S&P 500 index
1976$13,392$12,643
2008 (Nov)$14,387,737$259,068
Tim Price is co-manager of the VT Price Value Portfolio and author of "Investing through the Looking Glass: a rational guide to irrational financial markets".