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 posted April 9, 2019. Last Updated June 13, 2021 What is Selling in Stages? Astute readers of Get Irked know that we’re a big proponent of Buying in Stages – the concept of not buying all at once, but, instead, adding to a position as its price...
Always Have a Contingency Plan Many stock brokers offer special orders called Contingent Orders which include One Cancels Other (OCO) orders and Trailing Stops (TS). Using these orders can provide investors with powerful tools to buy positions close to their lows...
Originally posted January 10, 2019. Last Updated: April 10, 2019 “Professional” advisers will often say that individual investors cannot beat the market and that you’d be better served investing in a S&P 500 tracking fund. Don’t believe it....
After today’s additional declines of more than 500 points in the Dow, 2.08% in the S&P and 2.27% in the NASDAQ plus the news that we’re on pace for the worst December in the markets since The Great Depression (yes, THAT Great Depression), it can be...
