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Asset Classes Guide
Money earned can either be consumed or saved. When money is saved it can either be hoarded or be invested to enhance its value. An investment project requires information about the various avenues available.
The general term used to refer to the...
Getting Started With Online Investing
As with everything else these days, the stock market has gone online. If you can shop, pay bills, and do your banking online, why not invest too? Investing online is not as big of an ordeal as some people make it out to be. The key is to know what...
How to Avoid Dumb Investment Mistakes
Smart people sometimes make dumb mistakes when it comes to
investing. Part of the reason for this, I guess, is that most
people don't have the time to learn what they need to know to
make good decisions. Another reason is that oftentimes when...
Small-Cap Stocks: The Beginning of the Journey
When an individual investor wants to roll up his sleeves and do some research in the pursuit of the next big winner in the stock market, the place many start is in the small cap sector.
As with the other capitulation sizes (capitalization is a...
What Is One Of The Worst Stock Market Investments You Can Make?
Investing in the stock market is probably one of the riskiest
ventures you can delve into with your money you really need to
know how to trade stock.
It is also one of the most profitable undertakings you may make
at the same time.
So...
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Buy, Sell or Hold?
What should I do? My investments are down and I don't know what to do?
Should I be buying now, selling or waiting the market out? What are the
successful investors doing? Here's a few ideas that could fatten your
portfolio and give you a greater level of confidence.
1. Stop looking daily at the stock tables and mutual fund quotes. Take
the long-term approach and don't worry about the day-to-day activities
of your funds. A buy and hold investor doesn't worry about the short-
term fluctuations of the market. They ignore the daily market reports
and news headlines.
2. Think about when you will need your investment funds. If you've got
a long time before you need the money, you'll be able to sit tight
through a long bear market.
3. Remember to look at the statistics and past history of the stock
market. Over the past 75 years the worst 30-year stretch for stocks was
the 3 decades through August 1959. According to Chicago's Ibbotson
Associates, stocks climbed 7.8% a year, enough to turn $10,000 into
$95,000.
4. Consider increasing the amount you invest. At today's depressed
stock prices you can get more shares for your money. Think of it as a
sale on stocks.
5. The future is uncertain and no one know which sectors might lead the
way next. To ensure that you get a piece of the action, diversify.
Diversifying also cushions the effect of
downturns that affect just one
market segment.
6. If you've been thinking about converting your individual retirement
account to a ROTH IRA, now might be a good time to convert, as taxes
should be smaller because of the market decline. What's the advantage
of converting to a ROTH IRA? Once retired, all the money withdrawn from
the ROTH will be tax-free.
7. Spend some time assessing your investment portfolio. What is your
risk tolerance? Are you willing to exchange higher returns for greater
fluctuations? If you do decide to sell off part of your holdings
because it is no longer appropriate for you, do so because you have a
good reason, not because the market is down.
Timing the market and chasing after hot stocks seldom works. Most
people end up buying high and selling low with this thought process.
Once again, think long-term and your successes will be greater.
Remember, many people may be selling now, but for every share sold,
someone is buying. So who's smarter, the ones buying or the ones
selling?
You decide!
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