Even if you only hold
a few risky stocks, you might want to sell them.
Not exact matches
Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) is considered a growth
stock, growing earnings at over 10 % a year but
few investors would call the world's largest social platform a
risky bet.
While it's tough to look through Berkshire's
stock portfolio and call any of them «bad investments» or «too
risky,» there are a
few that stand out as bargains right now.
While the
stock market will rebound sooner or later, the events of the past
few weeks are a reminder that chasing maximum returns by investing predominantly in
risky financial assets is...
risky.
So don't invest any money in
risky stocks that you will need within the next
few years — invest that money in safer investments, for example when you are within a
few years form paying for the student's college or your retirement.
Most of the time, they say to make it so as soon as they see you have a system using more than a
few asset classes, the returns are good compared to the markets, there's a healthy amount of bonds, you're recommending small amounts of
risky asset classes, you're not trading
stocks / ETFs, not trying to predict the future, and you're using mutual funds in a mostly «buy and hold» fashion.
@Roger, I argue that bonds are more
risky than
stocks today as they are almost guaranteed to lose you money over the next
few years.
Selecting a
few index funds covering all of the major asset classes (domestic and international
stock,
risky bonds, savings, maybe inflation protection) is as good as you can generally do.
There are no hard and fast rules in figuring out how much of your money you should invest in
stocks, but there are a
few simple guidelines that can make
stock investing significantly safer and less
risky.
Commonly held beliefs such as investing in
stocks is risky, or that the stock market is overvalued, or that the fed is driving stock prices, etc., are just a few examples Read more about Stocks for 2014: Something for Everyone: Part 1 -LS
stocks is
risky, or that the
stock market is overvalued, or that the fed is driving
stock prices, etc., are just a
few examples Read more about
Stocks for 2014: Something for Everyone: Part 1 -LS
Stocks for 2014: Something for Everyone: Part 1 -LSB-...]
If you're only a
few years away from paying for college, the
stock market may be too
risky a place to put your money.
If a lesson emerges besides the merits of low P / E ratios, it should be that successful, long - term investment strategies need not rest on a
few very
risky glamour
stocks.
«The overarching lesson of these three men, then, is that the older you are, and the
fewer working years you have ahead of you (or, to use a four - bit term, the less human capital you have), the
riskier stocks are.
If you're a foaming at the mouth right - wing - nut, you put it down to people throwing away their life savings (and their children's education) on a
few insanely
risky stocks!