Seven tips to stick to investment resolutions

Seven tips to stick to investment resolutions

clock

Barclays head of behavioural investment philosophy Greg Davies gives seven insights on how to help clients be better, more consistent investors.

The New Year is always a time for making resolutions in pursuit of improved behaviour. However, in investing it can often appear that there is widespread disagreement on what constitutes 'good' behaviour. Should one invest more or less? Invest now, or wait for more certain times? To help with constructing sensible investing resolutions to follow, we have gone back to fundamentals to extract what we believe are seven core truths that all investors can subscribe to. Of course these are broad principles, and there may be odd exceptions, but build your resolutions around these, and you ca...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Adviser for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, industry insights and market intelligence
  • Stay ahead of the curve with spotlights on emerging trends and technologies
  • Receive breaking news stories straight to your inbox in the daily newsletters
  • Make smart business decisions with the latest developments in regulation, investing retirement and protection
  • Members-only access to the editor’s weekly Friday commentary
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes

Join

 

Already a Professional Adviser member?

Login

More on Investment

Committee warns of Treasury 'passivity' on financial stability private markets risks

Committee warns of Treasury 'passivity' on financial stability private markets risks

Concerns around gap in policymakers' evidence

Patrick Brusnahan
clock 12 January 2026 • 2 min read
Darius McDermott: The lessons from 2025 and opportunities ahead

Darius McDermott: The lessons from 2025 and opportunities ahead

'2025 has been a salutary lesson in the difficulty of timing markets'

Darius McDermott
clock 07 January 2026 • 5 min read
Trump, Modi and US-India trade tensions – who cares?

Trump, Modi and US-India trade tensions – who cares?

A bottom-up approach to finding hidden gems

Gabriel Sacks
clock 02 January 2026 • 4 min read