Never, ever panic-sell in the stock market

Never, ever panic-sell in the stock market

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...
Pandemic Portfolio #10

Pandemic Portfolio #10

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Netflix versus Disney – Episode 3

Netflix versus Disney – Episode 3

This feature story is the third in a series. Want to get caught up? Click here for Round One   Click here for Round Two Disney (DIS) (as of October 18, 2020) $127.36/shr. October 2020: $127.36 (-2.70%)October 2019: $130.89 (+0.64%)April 2019: $130.06 (Round One)Market...
How much cash should I have in my stock portfolio?

How much cash should I have in my stock portfolio?

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...
Get Irked beat the S&P: +25.55% vs +14.50% since August 2019

Get Irked beat the S&P: +25.55% vs +14.50% since August 2019

Click chart for enlarged version Happy 2nd Birthday, GetIrked! Last year, I started the practice of reviewing Get Irked’s performance on the anniversary of when I first started the website – August 8, 2018. This year, I wanted to do the same, the...