by The Investor
on April 7, 2009
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:
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.
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by The Investor
on April 6, 2009
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.
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by The Investor
on April 4, 2009
Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best.
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by The Investor
on April 3, 2009
They say even dead cats bounce, and that’s equally true of markets. While I wouldn’t be surprised to see this week’s stock market rally turn into something more substantial over the next 18 months, I’d be shocked if UK house prices are higher in 2010.
I write this in the light of yesterday’s report from Nationwide that UK house prices had risen 0.9% in March compared to the previous month, taking the annual rate of house price falls from 17.6% in February to 15.7%.
That 0.9% rise is a seasonally-adjusted figure, too – the non-seasonally adjusted jump was much higher.
Nonetheless I suspect house prices still have someway to fall, and indeed am banking on that by further delaying my entry into the property market.
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