There has been a boom of people teaching investing, ranging from value to growth. However, I argue that if they have a good method, they would definitely keep it to themselves. What do you think?

Hi, not necessarily.

There are so many diverse investing strategies as there are people in the first place.

Among them also knowledgeable people who share their wisdom.

However, when we speak of a 'good method', how then is 'good' defined'?

A lot of questions:

Performance over an hour (day trading) or over 40 years (long term strategies) ?

Best performance measured against lowest possible risk?

I guess the online brokers with all their analyzable trading data would really be able to find out what success is, over time. However, even with the same investor the style can change.

There are some 'wisdoms' that are - as I feel - true, particularly for us retail investors:

• asset allocation is very important (diversification for risk reduction)

• nobody can predict the markets, so nobody should be asked or listened to on that

• market-timing is not possible, which means You could invest at any date (when You think long-term)

• any fees should be reduced to the absolute minimum

• buy & sell does not work over longer periods (Buy & Hold is the better strategy)

-past performance cannot predict future returns (however some correlation should exist)

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I think there are both types of people in the world - those genuinely interested in teaching others and those out to take advantage of people with their scam courses! Of course, there are also selfish people who will keep their strategies to themselves but I think there is a wealth of knowledge online, and the biggest challenge would definitely be filtering out those with value from the noise.

Whether those methods work also depends on how you absorb the knowledge and apply it. Investing to me, is not a get rich quick method as I have learnt from past failures, but a life-long learning journey. I am always learning new things everyday and re-evaluating my investment techniques. Ultimately, the best method will always be the one you customise for yourself!​​​