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The argument about whether investing should be an art or a science has lasted for quite a long time.
Someone says it's an art. Only the investor with a keen instinct for recognizing good companies can make the most returns.
Someone says it's a science. Analysis based on financial numbers and history is the only path to success.
So which one is more closer to the truth? There's no correct answer. But eventually, they are both aiming for the same purpose. It's all about making the right choices.
Now let's see how mooers use artistic or scientific ways to make better choices.
Pick your side first. You cannot be both.
Dylinh : both
snippy goat Dylinh : its really a scientific artform
XDFX : It's an art science.
HopeAlways : Investing is not solely an art or a science. It is likely to be both. Application of financial metrics and data as well as identifying trends using charts and graphs give investing a scientific flavour. The art in investing is in using one's intuition, common sense, prudent judgement and experience in analysing information and making informed decisions. The role of emotions brings into play the artsy nature of investing.
THEWIZARD : The Art of investing Scientifically.
doctorpot1 : depends on whether you are losing money or earning money. if you are losing money then it is art, cause the art of losing money sounds more logical then the science of losing money. if you are earning money then it is science. cause science of earning money sounds more legit than the art of earning money
Syuee : Is investment an art or a science? That’s a “chicken or egg” question. I believe it is neither pure art nor pure science, but both.
Investing is a combination of science and art. Investing is more economics than physics, and economics is as much art as it is science because there is so much human behaviour in economics. Instruments of economics are never completely predictable - because human behaviour isn’t predictable, isn’t it?
There is an art to science, and a science to art: the two are not enemies, but different aspects of the whole.
Jeet Kune Do HopeAlways : Excellent writing, very helpful.
jasonleett HopeAlways : It will be an art once the trader has gain unconscious competence thru his many trials and errors... So he will get an intuition that is honed from countless trials ... An edge over his counterparts... Then he would have turned trading into an art... A skill unique to him
HuatEver Syuee : Irregardless of whether an investment is an art or it has scientific basis, the important point is to invest wisely and gainfully.
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