--- title: Insights | our investment philosophy description: our investment philosophy | --- [![Green and Black-01](https://www.alescoadvisors.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Green%20and%20Black-01.png?width=300&name=Green%20and%20Black-01.png "Green and Black-01")](https://alescoadvisors.com/) ![coinsgrowing](https://www.alescoadvisors.com/hubfs/coinsgrowing.jpg "coinsgrowing") ## Insights 6 May 2021 Thursday ## [Three investment lessons learned in 2020](https://www.alescoadvisors.com/insights/three-investment-lessons-learned-in-2020) There was no shortage of notable events during 2020. The first global pandemic in over one hundred years overwhelmed healthcare systems around the world and took a tremendous toll on human life, mental health, and the global economy. 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