Every person who invests in the market has his individual experiences to share; nevertheless there are few common misconceptions. To become a successful market player one must be well aware of the truth behind these. For instance, very often we hear people saying that the elderly are not supposed to take risks. They must be very conservative because their earnings power is limited. Well, who decided that young people could afford to lose their money? Taking another example, it is easy to say that stocks that go up must come down but laws of physics do not apply in the stock market. There is no gravitational force that pulls stocks back to even. To give you a better understanding, let us go through the widely prevalent myths in the market that one must be beware of.

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