stock prices

Whether an investor should sell stocks now or hold onto them is an important question to explore, especially because selling a stock too soon can greatly diminish returns—while in some cases, holding too long can lead to a loss of your investment

Dear Inner Circle member,

Looking around the media these days, you can see a widespread sense of stock market skepticism, following the downturn that began in the U.S. market earlier this year. Many commentators, and investors who follow them, are braced for a further drop.

Many of these investors fear/hope (depending on their politics) that Donald Trump’s success so far in his Presidency has been due to beginner’s luck....

Many investors aim to put top growth stocks into their portfolios because of the expected returns if the stock proves to be a true growth stock and not a momentum stock in disguise.

Mining stocks are investments in companies that produce or explore for minerals. Some of these minerals include uranium, coal, molybdenum (which is used in steelmaking), copper, silver and gold. They are affected by fluctuating commodity prices in addition to their own business and operating risks.

Mining stocks can be strong performers when commodity prices move up....

Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in late April:

“To succeed as an investor, you need to focus on basic principles, and downplay or ignore trivia. Basic principles provide the fuel for market booms that go on for many years, if not decades....

Should I sell my stocks? Maybe, it’s always a bad idea to sell a good stock for trivial or transitory reasons

This report is written with one purpose in mind—to make you a better investor. How to Invest in Stocks Successfully shows how our three-part approach works for thousands of investors. It helps you develop the positive habits that lead to the best investment decisions.

It’s a fact of life for stock market investors: Stocks go up and down every day. There may be an obvious case of good and bad news. But there’s a large random element to stock-price changes, particularly over short periods.


Here are two common errors that occur when investors follow share price fluctuations too closely.


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Investors want to find the top dividend-paying stocks with a record of consistency in distributing dividend payments. Dividend yields, however, can be misleading and stocks that have the highest dividend yields may also entail significant risk. That can, in turn, lead to negative consequences and losses.

Many top growing stocks look appealing at first, but once you dig deeper into your analysis, a large number turn out to be speculative and entail higher levels of risk than expected.