Let 2017 be the year when investors learn from past mistakes

Equity investors should take nothing at face value this year –  probe, and probe again

Most of us become conditioned to viewing life through the lenses of our own experiences and sometimes by the influences of those close to us. Of course, most people don’t involve themselves in the stock market at all. Some even think you are a little eccentric or reckless if you do.

Those who do get involved are generally people who have inherited or built considerable wealth through success in business in one field ...