10 Popular Investing Beliefs We Should Be Questioning
NLW dives into a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.

NLW dives into a viral twitter thread asking people which financial conventional wisdom they disagree with.
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When popular finance writer Morgan Housel asked followers on Twitter to share the commonly held investing beliefs they most disagreed with, the internet responded with vigor.
A thousand or so replies later, NLW ranks the top 10 investing ideas we should be questioning, including:
- Ignoring compounding interest in our 20s
- Buying homes rather than renting
- The idea US Treasury bonds are risk-free
Listen to hear the full list.
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