During every correction, I encourage investors to avoid the destructive inertia that results from trying to determine: “How low can we go?” and/or “How long will this last?” Investors who add to their portfolios during downturns invariably experience higher values during the next advance. Yes, Virginia, just as certainly as there is a Santa Claus, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hindsight’
February 6th, 2010
Dj Vu, All Over Again (and again)
Posted in Investing 
Tags: Bad News, Brains, Common Sense, Core Inflation, Corporate Earnings Reports, Dividend, Durable Goods Orders, Financial Markets, Financial Professionals, Hindsight, Individual Investors, Inertia, Inflation Rate, Line Dance, Market Advance, Perfect Moment, Portfolios, Repetition, Santa Claus, Unemployment Numbers
Tags: Bad News, Brains, Common Sense, Core Inflation, Corporate Earnings Reports, Dividend, Durable Goods Orders, Financial Markets, Financial Professionals, Hindsight, Individual Investors, Inertia, Inflation Rate, Line Dance, Market Advance, Perfect Moment, Portfolios, Repetition, Santa Claus, Unemployment NumbersFebruary 5th, 2010
Dealing With Stock Market Corrections: Ten Do’s and Don’ts
Posted in Investing Tags: Actual News, Asset Allocation Decisions, Beautiful Thing, Crystal Balls, Diverse Group, Equity Allocation, Flip Side, Hiccup, High Water Mark, Hindsight, Hoard, Index Fund, Investment Strategy, Investor Profit, Market Expectations, Nyse, Smart Cash, Speculator, Speculators, Stock Prices
Tags: Actual News, Asset Allocation Decisions, Beautiful Thing, Crystal Balls, Diverse Group, Equity Allocation, Flip Side, Hiccup, High Water Mark, Hindsight, Hoard, Index Fund, Investment Strategy, Investor Profit, Market Expectations, Nyse, Smart Cash, Speculator, Speculators, Stock PricesA correction is a beautiful thing, simply the flip side of a rally, big or small. Theoretically, even technically I’m told, corrections adjust equity prices to their actual value or “support levels”. In reality, it’s much easier than that. Prices go down because of speculator reactions to expectations of news, speculator reactions to actual news, [...]