The Acquirers Podcast · Thursday, August 27, 2026
Chris Mayer advises investors to avoid common detrimental habits such as checking stock prices frequently, which can exaggerate perceived volatility. Instead, he advocates for focusing on a business's essential performance metrics. Mayer also suggests reducing media consumption to avoid distraction.
“So, you know, checking stock prices every day or multiple times a day would be, you know, one, uh, doing that makes stock seem a lot more volatile than they than they are.”
“And, uh, you know, those little blinking, you know, green and red colors are call to action. So, uh, you don't want that.”
“So you can cut back on your media diet as well, which helps. To, to not get too distracted.”