Sentences with phrase «term individual stock holdings»

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Individuals who hold virtual currencies will, like with traditional stocks or bonds, be taxed according to short or long - term capital gains.

Like holding individual stocks, it can be a distraction from your long - term investment goals.

The main argument by Malkiel to this point has been made by many before: Since stock prices can not be predicted in the short term, individual investors are better off buying and holding an index fund instead of «meddling» with individual securities or even active managed funds.

I wouldn't own an individual stock outright unless I know the stock well and will hold only a smidgen of it for a relatively shorter term.

Unfortunately, it wasn't'til late - 2016 / early - 2017 I finished off building / averaging in to most of these new holdings, so only recently have I finally been able to express this overall portfolio thesis in terms of individual stock write - ups — my rash of posts re Applegreen (APGN: ID), Record (REC: LN)(which was actually the new Volatility allocation I mentioned in this Aug - 2016 post), and Alphabet (GOOGL: US)(Company D in this Jan - 2016 post) are good examples.

Building a portfolio by selecting individual stocks can be financially rewarding, but finding companies that are worth buying and holding for the long term can be time - consuming and involve more risk than some investors are comfortable with.