Image source: Pixabay. Volatility is a normal part of investing, but to many investors, momey might appear that the fluctuations this year have stockss even wilder than usual. For some, it’s been too much to handle, and they’ve retreated to the sidelines. Statistically speaking, people who buy individual stocks have a shot at making a profit. Yet even the best stock pickers tend to be wrong at least a third of the time. It’s a fact that top investors have come to accept — even Warren Buffett, whose most famous quote might be, «Rule No. Rule No 2: Never forget rule No. Understanding that no investor is perfect is probably the toughest lesson tgat investor is taught at some point. Yet, as history has shown, being wrong from time to time is perfectly fine. In fact, even being wrong more often than you’re right can work out .