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Podcast: My Worst Investment Ever Podcast
Episode: Spencer Jakab – Don’t Take Investment Tips from People
Description: BIO: Spencer Jakab is the global editor of the Wall Street Journal’s financial and economic analysis column, Heard on the Street. Prior to becoming a financial journalist 20 years ago, he was a top-rated emerging market stock analyst.STORY: Spencer took investment advice without doing due diligence and ended up losing his entire investment.LEARNING: Don’t take investment tips from people; do your due diligence. Diversify your portfolio. Don’t invest more than you can lose. “Don’t take investment tips from people because those who tell don’t know, and those who kno...