{"id":213785,"date":"2025-04-30T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/drawing-upon-your-investment-memories-oblivious-investor\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T01:00:35","slug":"drawing-upon-your-investment-memories-oblivious-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=213785","title":{"rendered":"Drawing Upon Your Investment Memories \u2014 Oblivious Investor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Regardless of what is currently happening in the market, what you think about it and how you feel about it is going to be influenced by your own personal investment history. For example, for people who personally experienced the 2000-2002 dot-com bubble bursting and the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, any current days\/weeks\/months in which the stock market falls are automatically going to be compared to those prior events. For people who started investing more recently, there is no similar personal experience to draw upon.<\/p>\n<p>For any investor, though <em>especially<\/em> for newer investors, it\u2019s important to be a student of investing history. It\u2019s the best way to be as (mentally) prepared as you can be, for the different types of investment experiences you might face.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Recommended Reading<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>New to Investing? See My Related Book:<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 135px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<col span=\"2\" width=\"75\" \/>\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"13\">\n<td width=\"160\" height=\"13\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1950967158\/?tag=obliviouspromo-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"Investing Made Simple\" src=\"https:\/\/obliviousinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NewBook6Covertiltedscaled.jpg\" width=\"160\" alt=\"Book6FrontCoverTiltedBlue\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"350\">\n<p><em><strong>Investing Made Simple: Investing in Index Funds Explained in 100 Pages or Less<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1950967158\/?tag=obliviouspromo-20\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"buybuttontan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obliviousinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/buybuttontan.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <strong>Topics Covered in the Book:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Asset Allocation: Why it&#8217;s so important, and how to determine your own,<\/li>\n<li>How to to pick winning mutual funds,<\/li>\n<li>Roth IRA vs. traditional IRA vs. 401(k),<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1950967158\/?tag=obliviouspromo-20\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to see the full list<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>A Testimonial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> &#8220;A wonderful book that tells its readers, with simple logical explanations, our Boglehead Philosophy for successful investing.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Taylor Larimore, author of <em>The Bogleheads&#8217; Guide to Investing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"date published time\" title=\"2025-04-28T07:00:17-05:00\">April 28, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of what is currently happening in the market, what you think about it and how you feel about it is going to be influenced by your own personal investment history. 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