Or perhaps more fairly, the conventional concern is that individual investors are too emotional to stick to a «roller coaster» plan involving mostly stocks and will panic
sell during market declines, resulting in lower actual returns than if they had followed a more «balanced» plan.
Not exact matches
Netflix shares, which hit an all - time high
during regular trading hours of $ 333.98 last month before
selling off in the recent stock
market decline, jumped as much as 8 % in after hours trading on Monday.
During a
market decline, dark pools can help facilitate big
sell orders from fund redemption without having to smash the open
market and cause stocks to crash.
IF YOU»RE A LONG - TERM investor, the biggest risk isn't short - term
market declines — unless you panic and
sell during those
declines.
This is predicated not on
selling your common stock positions
during market declines, but on having the perseverance to use these inevitable
sell - offs to purchase additional shares at lower prices.
The basic theory behind «
Sell in May and Go Away» is that the stock
market, in general, has had a nice run up
during the fall and winter months (November through April) and that for various reasons stocks will begin to see somewhat of a
decline during the spring and summer months.
Generally speaking, the stock
market tends to
decline swiftly
during a downturn — as fear triggers a flurry of
sell orders — and to rally more slowly.
That is relevant to certain investors — say, investment banks — whose viability can be threatened by
declines in asset prices and which might be forced to
sell securities
during depressed
markets.
Bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin price
declines weren't as bad as many other tokens
during the broad
market sell - off.