Premium: Tech stocks keep sliding, so it’s time to grit your teeth

Sensible investing is a long game. Especially in the equity market. Which is why wise heads recommend locking away share certificates in a bottom drawer – the perfect way to resist trading yourself into the poorhouse.

Following such sage advice is tougher than ever in a world where, for one thing, dematerialisation means there are no longer physical share certificates that can actually be hidden away. Worse, updates to one's portfolio are available at the touch of a smartphone's addictive buttons.

Despite repeated reminders that the BizNews Shyft portfolio is a five-year project, I've no doubt some who replicated it have gone from celebration to despair in the past few weeks. Such is the risk of paying too much attention to Mr Market.

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