'Stocks Only Go Up' and Other Ignorable Investment Advice

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When popular finance writer Morgan Housel <a href= "https://twitter.com/morganhousel/status/1311404603276029952">asked followers on Twitter</a> to share the commonly held investing beliefs they most disagreed with, the internet responded with vigor. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A thousand or so replies later, NLW ranks the top 10 investing ideas we should be questioning, including:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ignoring compounding interest in our 20s</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Buying homes rather than renting </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The idea US Treasury bonds are risk-free</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to hear the full list.</span></p>