Christopher Mayer on the need to filter noise when investing

Rule #8: You Need a Really Good Filter

There is a world of noise out there.  The financial media is particularly bad.  Every day, something happens, or so they would have you believe.  They narrate every twist in the market.  They cover every Fed meeting.  They document the endless stream of economic data and reports.  They give a platform for an unending parade of pundits.  Everybody wants to try to call the market, or predict where interest rates will go or the price of oil or whatever.

My own study of 100-baggers shows what a pathetic waste of time this all is.  It's a great distraction in your hunt for 100-baggers.

~ Christopher Mayer, 100 Baggers, p. 183