Good investors could stumble along the way. As a fact, they also are capable of making ‘bad investments’ to their detriment. Investing is full of savvy individuals that are hunting for affordable stocks. When they transact, they apply better investing techniques.

Some of the techniques are hard to learn and to apply. But some investors are clever enough to use traits that could help them carry out successful transactions. Terry Burnham, co-author of “Mean Genes” and director of economics at Boston’s Acadian Asset Management noted, “If you put in more effort, you’ll end up with worse results. It’s not the work. It’s the action that comes out of the work that’s the problem.”

So what exactly are “good investments?” Simply, to cut the core, lower your RISK because the higher is your expected RETURN, the better is the investment. You can make apples-to-apples comparison and come up with a REWARD versus RISK ratio. After comparing, what does your scoreboard shows? The answer to the query is for you to ponder on.

But before making an investment, ask yourself: “How much risk am I really taking, and what is my upside?“

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