{"id":201176,"date":"2024-01-17T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=201176"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T17:49:53","slug":"100-great-investors-share-their-most-important-investing-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/podcasts\/contributor-podcasts\/100-great-investors-share-their-most-important-investing-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"100+ Great Investors Share Their Most Important Investing Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have now conducted over 100 interviews on Excess Returns. At the end of all of them, we have asked the same closing question: Based on your experience in markets and your research, if you could teach one lesson to the average investor, what would it be? 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