Portfolio Management
Consider this list of ten ideas to help improve your investing routine.
A successful small change is much better for you (both financially and emotionally) than a big change that you can't make happen.
A "position sheet" will give you a great view of your portfolio's risk and rewards.
Buying more of your best stocks can be dangerous if misused.
When you consider the taxes before you invest, you'll have a truer grasp of your portfolio.
Holding on to your losers while selling your winners may make you feel right but the best strategy is to cut your losses short while letting your winners run.
The hard part, in our experience, is sticking with your investing system.
Losses are part of the process—it's vital to think of them in the right way.
Three rules: follow the market's trend, cut your losses short and let your runners run.
Here are three ways the market is actively trying to take your money and what you can do about it.
Our advice today, "Just Sit Tight," is little changed from our advice a decade ago.
Selling a losing stock quickly can prevent you from having to deal with a much larger loss.
Successful investors always consider risk when analyzing their portfolio, adhering to rules like cutting losses short and diversification.
Both professional and novice investors sometimes forget that the objective is to make money, not to own every good-looking stock in the market.
The secret to surviving the bear market, of course, is adapting.
What feels good to most investors is holding on to a big winner...and what feels bad is selling a big winner—but there are times when that's exactly what you should do.
We don't have any official recommendations for short selling, but if you're determined to sell short, here are seven tips.
Stocks can rise on hope, but a bad earnings report can do a Hindenburg on an individual stock.
Checking your stocks often probably doesn't do any harm, but it does reveal something about you as an investor.
Each year end, I review my investing strengths and weaknesses, examining stock charts of previous buys and sells, comparing them to market action, and so on.