Casting doubt: how news and tweets affect investments

Learn why you should not base investment decisions on headlines and leaders' tweets.

By the SpyStocks desk · 1y ago · 2 min read

Why is the US president lying to the world?!

We've wanted to talk to you about this for a long time, and now is the right moment...

Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the world of diplomacy, which will give you a different perspective on how things really work in the real world...

The example: a tweet by Trump from just 10 hours ago...

Let's dive behind the scenes of the tweet:

Today it can be said that yesterday in Israel there was concern that Trump's words about a possible Israeli attack would awaken the Iranians, potentially harming Israel's element of surprise.

So what do you do?

Someone was sent to President Trump, and he tweeted the attached reassuring tweet at 00:09 Israel time:

"We are still committed to a diplomatic solution!"

What did Israel do during this time? A final briefing before embarking on the largest and most sophisticated war in Israel's history!

A little over two hours later, at 2:49, Israel attacked Iran from within, from without, from below, and from above.

What did we learn?

It is important to cast doubt, always, on news, on leaders' tweets, and on various social media channels!

You cannot truly step into the shoes of leaders and know for what consideration everything is said...

Sometimes these are lies and deceptions created to provide "chicken feed" to an adversary just before an attack,

sometimes these are negotiation tricks,

and sometimes, just sometimes, it is truly the truth.

The problem?

No ordinary citizen has the ability to know what is real and what is not.

Do not base your investment decisions on emotional reactions to reading one headline or another; you can never know why it was created or what hidden interest it serves.

There are hidden agendas behind everything that comes out of leaders' mouths...

And as investors, you need to think critically and try to cast doubt on everything.

Do not make investment decisions based on tweets from one leader or another on Twitter, or alarming headlines on television; this is the biggest mistake an inexperienced investor makes.

Let's conclude with Ray Dalio's famous quote: "He who sleeps with a crystal ball ends up eating crushed glass."

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