Seven ways to get savvier this year.

(From Business Day (South Africa))

Byline: Michel Pireu

Seven ways to get savvier this year DO YOU regret some of the investment decisions you made last year? Do you wish you'd bought some of those dicey small-caps that have done so well? Or do you maybe wish you'd been a little more prudent? Either way, Shanthi Venkataraman at the Hindu Business Line has some good advice: he suggests you stop torturing yourself and focus instead on being a wiser, savvier investor this year starting with these basic principles: Invest only in sound stocks. It's hard to resist the voice in your head telling you that there is a fortune waiting to be made in unheard-of penny …