My 2 cents on stocks investment

1) Expectation for windfall is unreal. 

2) There is no more science to stock-picking than the wisdom of crowd. 

3) Even verifiable insider-information may only be reliable to just a limited extent. In reality, unfounded rumours, fake news and even hoax are what catch attention.    

4) Timing is everything. Missing it either way - too long or too short - leads only to the same end: pain, which usually results from naivety, ignorance and greed. 

5) More often than not, hindsight judgment is misleading. As such, it is easy to err on the wrong side of risk taking going forward. 

6) If in doubt, exercise vigorous counter-intuition, to the extent of imposing justification for counter-arguments.

7) Don't ever start without clear markers of control on either sides - downside loss and upside gain. Self-discipline, if sensibility is not yet lost, is the only and last lifeline.

8) Don't ever get involved if you can help it.