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How to become a lazy investor (and yes, it’s a good thing)

How to become a lazy investor (and yes, it’s a good thing)

Set-and-forget investing can get good results over long periods, but you’ll need to overcome the temptation to trade.

Shani Jayamanne, director and investment specialist at Morningstar, is a self-confessed “lazy investor”. Wolter Peeters

Michelle BowesWealth reporter

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Shani Jayamanne is a self-confessed “lazy investor”. It’s an unusual admission for someone whose day job is director and investment specialist at financial services firm Morningstar, but Jayamanne says she “doesn’t particularly enjoy the art of investing”.

“I don’t enjoy poring through company reports on a Friday night,” she says.

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Michelle Bowes
Michelle BowesWealth reporterMichelle Bowes writes about wealth from our Sydney newsroom. She has more than 20 years of experience as a business journalist and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls. Email Michelle at michelle.bowes@afr.com

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