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Dialogue. Learning from 8 Common Mistakes Professional Investors Make (and What to Do Instead)

January 8, 2026 · 57 min

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In this Dialogue episode of The Synopsis, we discuss 8 mistakes many investors make (and what do do instead), while also plugging our new newsletter.

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Show Notes

(0:00) — Intro (2:49) — Mistake #1: Position Sizing (12:25) — Mistake #2: Overlooking Conflicting Info (20:11) — Mistake #3: Borrowing Conviction (25:44) — Mistake #4: Selling Too Soon (32:28) — Mistake #5: Overlooking Intuition (39:56) — Mistake #6: Dismissing Ideas Due to Bias (45:23) — Mistake #7: Sentiment Driving Emotions (54:13) — Mistake #8: Monitoring (56:10) — Outro

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