The worst market timing strategy you can adopt is to yield to hunches or jump to conclusions.
Not exact matches
This infographic shows a slice in
time of the investing
markets, 1980 - 2000 and compares a passive investing
strategy with a
worst case scenario active approach.
That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing
strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the
worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over
time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much
market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».
An ongoing debate for investors is whether or not the
strategy of «buy and hold» is better or
worse than trying to
time the
market.
A
strategy of
bad market timing can be followed just as easily using index funds as it can with regular mutual funds.
Actually, any
strategy with a bearish outlook is typically
bad for the long term because
markets tend to move in a positive direction over longer
time frames.
Yet, any serious review of the results of
market gurus over a long period of
time reveals a track record that is no better (usually
worse than) a simple buy - and - hold
strategy.
There's lots of indie love in Access this issue with Ooblets leading the charge with some hands - on
time, a look at Cultist Simulator, the incredible Disco Elysium, a sharp take on a post Brexit Britain in Not Tonight, amazing
strategy in small bites with
Bad North, a new breed of FPS with Scavengers, hands - on with Wargroove, and a look at Mineko's Night
Market.