Colin Kaepernick & Investing Where Opinions Don't Matter At All

Colin Kaepernick & Investing: 
Where Opinions Don't Matter At All 

     by: Brendan Magee

You couldn't go two minutes over the past couple of weeks without hearing about Colin Kaepernick and his protest in not standing as the National Anthem was played before the start of NFL games. Both, his supporters and detractors have had their say on the issue.

Thankfully, week one of the N.F.L. season has practically come and gone. Refreshingly, the focus was on the field and not on the sidelines and who was standing, kneeling, protesting, or doing what ever else they may choose to do. The focus was all on the players and which teams had the most points at the end of the game. What a refreshing change.

One of the better analogies on the pre-game shows was given by former Dallas Cowboys coach, Jim Johnson. He said, as coaches we get paid to win football games, period. My focus as a coach was in getting my players ready to play the game, because at the end of the day that is all that matters. He said he did not give too much attention to things happening outside of the teams confines.

Now, who wins the game is totally driven by who blocks, tackles, runs the ball, catches the ball, and who commits the fewest turnovers. Anyone watching the Eagles game yesterday could clearly see that that was the Eagles.

Investing is pretty much like a football game. Everyone has opinions about what should or shouldn't be happening, where the market's going or not going, etc. All those opinions might fill up the television air waves or fill out the pages of magazines, but they do not make one bit of difference when it comes to the success or failure an investor experiences. The results are, purely, behavior driven. An investor's behavior has to be consistent with following the rules on a day- in-day-out basis.

The question is, like blocking and tackling, what are the rules for successful investing? Not your rules, but the academically proven and empirically backed up rules for long-term successful investing?

The first to respond with the correct answer wins a great prize!

Brendan Magee is the founder and president of Inevitable Wealth Coaching. To respond to the question, make a comment, or ask a question e-mail brendan@coachgee.com or call 610-299-3969.