Believe it or not, the synonym for investing, according to the respected Michaelis dictionary, is: ' Launch yourself with impetus '. When I read this definition, I couldn't help but imagine an investor going to the bank and hurling himself at the manager. Please, do not do that! However, when I stopped to ponder this dictionary definition, I realized that it carries with it some insights for investors , as I will describe here.
'Launching yourself with impetus' refers to the act of throwing ourselves body and soul into an endeavor. We can infer that the person who is going to launch is willing to engage in an activity as if their life depended on it . In other words, you will certainly surround yourself with care, information, training, people who can help and some planning . However, when we look at the financial market, we see that there is a lot of carelessness when it comes to investing . Everything seems so easy and trivial, within the reach of a magical application, and there is in fact no act of launching with impetus , perhaps we are more prone to the act of clicking randomly.
The synonym for investing also mentions momentum. According to the same dictionary, impetus means energy or force that sets itself in motion. How many investors dedicate the time and effort necessary to study, evaluate and qualify the investment they are about to "launch"? Few investors have the time to undertake such a task, and when they do, they spend more time evaluating the next pair of shoes to buy than investigating an investment that will jeopardize their future.
Furthermore, launching with momentum requires prior experience so that you really enter with 'full' momentum. For this to happen, you will need knowledge and someone who has knowledge to guide you by the hand, if not the entire way, at least part of the way.
Remember that when we launch ourselves with impetus , we want something in return, and that something in the world of investments is victory, profit or your share in the venture. If you've ever entered any competition, you know how delicious a victory is and you probably understand how much preparation and personal sacrifice it took to get it. In the financial market , the same thing happens: many want to taste victory, but few are committed to it.
