Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best.
This is the final part in a series of three posts on riding out a bear market. To be sociable and mix things up a bit, the first two posts are on two other splendid financial blogs:
- MoneyNing (Part 1: Beat market volatility by being boring)
- Investing School (Part 2: Ignore your portfolio for months at a time)
Read those parts first, then come back to read the final post below.
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Strategy 3: Try to invest when the market is down
The best antidote I know for beating bear market blues is to buy when the market is down.
Averaging down can be a dirty word among traders, but value-orientated equity investors should welcome the chance to buy companies they believe in at a cheaper price.
And buying when the whole market is cheaper, that’s another matter altogether.
We’ve already looked at the benefits of stop losses in a previous post on Monevator. Please do read that introductory stop loss article if you’re not sure what a stop loss is, or why you might want to employ one.
Personally, I rarely use stop losses nowadays, especially in the guise of an automatic sell orders.
Today’s article will therefore explain the drawbacks to employing stop losses when investing.
Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best.