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Avoiding Common Investment Pitfalls

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Page 1: Avoiding common investment pitfalls

Avoiding Common Investment Pitfalls

Page 2: Avoiding common investment pitfalls

The CEO and chairman of Triumph Packaging Group, Inc., Randall Cecola also serves as the chairman of Kallahan Marketing Group, Caviton Energy Services, and Trovare Capital Group.

Randall Cecola is known for his skill in corporate acquisitions and turnarounds. In one of his most significant engagements, he developed strategies that helped a major company avoid a $100 million liquidation and grow into a $1 billion business.

He is an active private investor as well.

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Too often, professional and even casual investors with a few dollars to spend get carried away by marketing speak and make bad investments.

Warren Buffet, perhaps the world's most renowned investor, reminds his peers to understand a company inside and out before buying stock.

Take time to learn the company's business models, research management teams, and identify potential pitfalls.

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Timing is critical, but difficult to read. Just like the weather, investment forecasts can fail to pan out, leaving hasty investors with stones that sink deeper and deeper over time.

Investors who conduct thorough research know to wait and see how a company's model meshes with broader trends in the market.

If the company holds strong, then and only then do they consider investing.