The following comments appeared in a post titled "When should you 'hold' and When should you 'fold' a stock?":
"Buying a stock doesn't make any one any money. Holding it for a reasonable length of time, and then selling it at a profit completes the cycle."
It may seem like a no-brainer, but in reality many small investors find it difficult to decide when is a good time to sell a stock.
If you are a long-term investor with a 'core' portfolio of good large-cap stocks, then there should be only three reasons (explained in the post referred above) for selling a stock.
However, if you also have a 'satellite' portfolio of mid-cap and small-cap stocks then Warren Buffett's strategy of 'holding forever' may not be a good idea.
Setting a price target and a stop-loss - and selling when the target or stop-loss is reached is often a better idea.
In a recent article in investopedia.com, Steve Economopoulos explains how you can fine-tune your selling strategies and provides a technical analysis example of setting a price target after buying, and selling when the target is reached.
Read the article here.
"Buying a stock doesn't make any one any money. Holding it for a reasonable length of time, and then selling it at a profit completes the cycle."
It may seem like a no-brainer, but in reality many small investors find it difficult to decide when is a good time to sell a stock.
If you are a long-term investor with a 'core' portfolio of good large-cap stocks, then there should be only three reasons (explained in the post referred above) for selling a stock.
However, if you also have a 'satellite' portfolio of mid-cap and small-cap stocks then Warren Buffett's strategy of 'holding forever' may not be a good idea.
Setting a price target and a stop-loss - and selling when the target or stop-loss is reached is often a better idea.
In a recent article in investopedia.com, Steve Economopoulos explains how you can fine-tune your selling strategies and provides a technical analysis example of setting a price target after buying, and selling when the target is reached.
Read the article here.
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