Cash on the Sidelines One of the key strategies to my success is keeping cash on the sidelines. New investors might think keeping cash on the sidelines means missing out on gains since the more money you have invested, the more gains you see, however, by having cash...
Never, EVER sell into Panic! One of the key rules to long-term investing is to never sell into a panic. While it can be incredibly painful and difficult to resist the urge to liquidate your positions when a market-wide selloff happens, selling into a panic never pays...
Why hold any cash? Why not fully invest? If you use a professional money manager or roboadviser, the vast majority, if not all, of your portfolio will typically be invested with little to no allocation in cash. Why? It’s impossible to accurately time the...
Originally Published: May 31, 2020. Last Updated: June 7, 2020. Find the most recent Pandemic Portfolio updates by clicking here. Starting from Scratch You’ve paid off your credit card debt, saved up some money, and you’re ready to invest in stocks....
Stocks can’t get sick. Why do they sell off? Disease epidemics or pandemics cause markets to sell off because the global economy depends on the strength of consumer buying power. When consumers fear contracting a potentially-deadly illness, they do not leave...
Keeping Cash on the Sidelines Advisers and analysts alike will extol the importance of keeping cash available to buy investments during market pullbacks. Heck, even Get Irked follows the Buy on Red Days, Sell on Green mantra. However, when the market feels like...
