The Trader Traders don't
hold onto stocks for a long time.
It is impossible to reap big profits from the stock market unless you are willing to buy and
hold onto stocks that are making new all - time highs in price.
I don't want to make too much of it, but when the supply of qualifying stocks dried up early in 2007 and we had to
hold onto stocks that had not qualified for a long time and relax our criteria, it indicated the beginning of poorer performance relative to the overall market.
And the longer
you hold onto your stocks, the greater your chances of running into one of those downturns.»
When
you hold onto your stocks, you gain returns from your investment.
Selling stocks of a dividend - paying company isn't helpful unless you no longer consider that investment to be worthwhile, because as
you hold onto the stocks, capital appreciation should occur as long as things are going well.
I.e. Do I care to
hold onto stocks for at least a year to avoid a higher tax rate?
No matter how low the price drops, investors, believing that the price will eventually come back, often
hold onto stocks..
So long as
you hold onto these stocks, they will hopefully grow at a faster compounded rate than non growth stocks and cause no tax liability.
One of the biggest reasons why investors fail is because
they hold onto stocks that continue to lose money day after day.
Although some investments might reverse course, and some require a longer - term view,
holding onto a stock based on hope usually leads to more losses.
If even manic Jim Cramer says to sell out for the short term, what's the point of
holding onto stocks?
This bank is obviously collapsing and any money manager who
holds onto this stock for clients is in serious breach of fiduciary duty.
And with stocks, you don't have to sell when MSFT dips to $ 25 per share; you can just
hold onto the stock and wait for it to rise back up to $ 30 or higher.
When the risk of owning stocks is off the charts, I think that middle - class people should be cutting back on their stock allocations so that they have a reasonable chance of
holding onto those stocks that they do own.
It is hard to
hold onto a stock that is going down day after day.
The trust
held onto its stocks indefinitely and would only make changes in the event of corporate actions like mergers, accusations or spin - offs.
For example, here are some strike prices for stocks with upcoming earnings that are reasonable for an investor who wants to
hold onto the stock even after earnings are out (for the May 21 expiration date):
You hold onto the stock only to see the price fall just as dramatically, leaving you with shares worth just $ 8,000.
My conclusion in every case, except BHP Billiton, was to
hold onto every stock.
The reason companies sometimes require a six - month holding period is because they want you to
hold onto the stock.
If the stock rose back above the original price, then the investor would have an unrealized gain for the time he or she still
holds onto the stock.
If I would have just
held onto the stock I would have collected dividends along the way and would have a lot cheaper cost basis.
All of these stocks were purchased before World War I. Good old grandpa
held onto his stocks through two world wars, the depression, and several recessions and amassed huge gains despite the many obstacles.
Since the Norwegian widow
held onto her stocks, she was more interested in dividend amounts than in capital gains from trading.
Do you think it is worth
holding onto this stock?
They hold onto the stock, hoping it will come back.
Although some investments might reverse course, and some require a longer - term view,
holding onto a stock based on hope usually leads to more losses.
But look at what happened to investor that has
held onto the stock for six years: You collected $ 3.36 in each year from 2009 through 2011, got $ 3.42 in 2012, received $ 3.56 in 2013, collected $ 3.72 last year, and should collect $ 3.76 this year.
If you are happy
holding onto stocks, knowing that the best scenario from past history would be slightly over 3400 on the S&P 500 in 2028, then why not buy a bond index fund like iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF (NYSEARCA: AGG) or the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA: LQD) that could virtually guarantee something near that outcome?
Stick to your guns; otherwise you're simply making excuses to
hold onto a stock that will underperform.
While the financial industry has carved out a brand - new frontier in high - speed, algorithm - based trading many individuals prefer to
hold onto stock for longer than fractions of a second.
Generally, the longer
they hold onto the stock, the greater the tax advantage.
Not exact matches
Stocks are now positive on the year, but if you're worried about
holding onto your winners, CNBC contributor Dan Nathan has a clever strategy.
«Mad Money» host Jim Cramer addresses three high - performing
stocks investors should
hold onto during moments of market madness.
US
stocks rose early on the second day of a holiday - shortened week and
held onto those gains for the rest of the session.
Think: Warren Buffett (has never sold a share of Berkshire Hathaway since 1967) or Bill Gates (he sells shares but for 20 years basically
held onto his MSFT
stock).
By the way, I'm sure you're wondering: Dr. Zuckerberg reportedly
held the equivalent of about $ 60 million in Facebook
stock at the time of its IPO; if he
held onto it all, it would be worth about $ 167 million today.
Essentially, if you want a nice return on your BlackBerry
stock, you're going to have to
hold onto it for a while.
For all the indications that younger investors may be catching
onto a «buy - and -
hold»
stock investment strategy, it's important to note that millennials have much less to invest, and to lose, by staying in the market than their parents who are close to retirement.
Basically, it's moving in and out of the
stock market with the intention of minimizing losses and buying investments when they're on the rise to eventually sell at a premium, says Ben Barzideh, wealth advisor at Piershale Financial Group in Crystal Lake, Ill. «Instead of
holding onto an asset long - term, [you're] buying and selling based on predicting future market movements.»
In order to register for company DRIPs, you'll need to get an actual, old - school
stock certificate from the company to apply — and you'll need to
hold onto that certificate as proof of your share ownership.
During corrections and pullbacks, the main
stock market indexes must
hold onto this level in order for us to continue operating on the long side of the market with confidence.
Prospect theory also explains why investors
hold onto losing
stocks: people often take more risks to avoid losses than to realize gains.
If the company's underlying
stock decreases in value, an investor can still
hold onto the convertible bond and receive the bond's par value at maturity, as long as the issuer does not default.
It's about finding
stocks that are discounted from what they are intrinsically worth and
holding onto them as they grow and appreciate in value over the years.
Three - quarters of the top investment strategists surveyed by Bankrate.com in June said they expect millennials will increasingly stop
holding onto so much cash and start putting more money in the
stock market.
Most people buy
stock with the intention of
holding onto it for a long period of time.
ETFs don't have to buy and sell
stocks to accommodate buying and selling shareholders (as mutual funds do) so they can
hold onto their portfolios even longer.
«In our view, what makes sense in business also makes sense in
stocks: An investor should ordinarily
hold onto a small piece of an outstanding business with the same tenacity that an owner would exhibit if he owned all of that business» Warren Buffett