Is made infinitely more confusing by all the arcane technology and authentic wall street gibberish [ boos ] you need to wade through to learn about a stock or its underlying business. If youre not clued in to the jargon it can sound like the professionals are speaking an entirely different language. Theres an entire industry that need you to be convinced investing is too hard for you, that ordinary people cant do it, and the sane yft thing to do is to give your money to a pro. Hey, by the way, thats the reason why i started my Charitable Trust. When you join the cnbc investing club, our goal is to show you that you can do it yourself and to teach you how its done. Of course maybe giving your money to a professional is the right move for some of you. But if you put in a little effort, do the homework, then i think you can do at least as well as the pros or a lowcost index fund. Possibly the better comparison. Because in any given year a lot of the pros really lose to index funds. The fa
In other words, no matter how much you may love a stock, if the rules say sell sell, sell, sell you sell it. One thing ive learned from my investing crew, no matter how much you might believe in something, you violate the rules of the road at your own peril. Thats why we obey them religiously with the charitable trust, and theyve become our core guide for the cnbc investing club, which i want you to be in. Where the heck do the rules come from . Its not like they were hand down from high. The five commandments from the history of the world part one. Theyre not like the laws of physics, the way markets works, that you can induce gravity. No. The rules come from my experience. Thats right. From my experience. I spent over 40 years in this business. And in that time you Better Believe ive learned some powerful lessons. In many cases i did have to learn them the hard way. And because i dont want you to repeat my mistakes, because i want you to have the benefit of my whole career, tonight i
We begin with the scotland times, which leads with british Prime Minister theresa mays speech at davos today. Shell address the need for social media giants to crack down on illegal and harmful content. And warns tech firms will face a backlash from government and investors, if they dont clean up their act. The metro headline reads sexist and the city. Its a dig at some of britains business and political elite who were allegedly caught sexually harassing staff at a mens only fundraising event. The independent reports that two decades after dolly the sheep, scientists in china have now used the same technique to clone two monkeys at a laboratory in shanghai. The South China Morning Post says that beijing has been told to expel north korean nationals who could help pyongyang fund its nuclear programme. And finally, fox sport reveals that tennis champion Boris Beckers is appealing for help to find his missing grand slam trophies. Becker filed for bankruptcy last year and is trying to trac
Today im deep in the english countryside to meet a man with a remarkable story, which has earned him admiration and accolades around the world. Sir Nicholas Winton is now 105 years old. When he was just 29, he helped rescue more than 600 mostlyjewish children from nazi persecution in czechoslovakia. Now, he hates the label of hero, but his life that an individuals can make an extraordinary difference. So what motivated him . Sir Nicholas Winton, welcome to hardtalk. For most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasnt particularly well known. But now it is known right around the world. Do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and 39 . I dont mind the story being told. Im not so keen on the frills. What do you mean about the frills . Well, you know as a journalist, better than i do, what i mean. It means you get attention and people want you to tell the story again and again. Do you get sick of that . Except, when they tell it again and again and agai
When he was just 29, he helped rescue more than 600 mostlyjewish children from nazi persecution in czechoslovakia. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Today im deep in the english countryside to meet a man with a remarkable story, which has earned him admiration and accolades around the world. Sir Nicholas Winton is now 105 years old. When he was just 29, he helped rescue more than 600 mostlyjewish children from nazi persecution in czechoslovakia. Now, he hates the label of hero, but his life is proof that an individuals can make an extraordinary difference. So what motivated him . Sir Nicholas Winton, welcome to hardtalk. For most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasnt particularly well known. But now it is known right around the world. Do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and 39 . I dont mind the story being told. Im not so keen on the frills. What do you mean about the frills . Well, you know as a journalist, better than i do, what i