CEO Tom Gardner: Be "More Curious Than Greedy" to Escape Lottery Thinking

As CEO of The Motley Fool, Tom Gardner gets asked about investing a lot. He's been around the Wall Street block a few times, so he's a good person to look to for answers to investing questions. The answer, "You've got to be more curious than you are greedy" to a recent question about what new investors shouldn't do speaks volumes about Gardner's belief that investing is about building long-term wealth, not achieving instant success.The question that elicited the above answer was this one: "What are five investments to avoid for anyone in the first year or first couple of years of their investments?" The first four answers were pretty direct: don't buy stocks under $10, don't buy options, don't buy digital assets, and don't day trade. For a new investor this is good advice. But the biggest value from Tom's list is from his fifth answer, which was a bit different from the rest.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool