Deciding When to Sell Loblaw

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Investors often ask how long they should hang on to a disappointing stock, even if it’s not an outright loser. There is no single answer to the question. We do our best to look at as much information as possible, and to weigh each tidbit of information according to how much impact we expect it to have. That way, you can develop a realistic outlook. If you try to analyze a mass of information without breaking it down into manageable pieces, you can get caught up in the crescendo of negative emotion that often occurs when a stock is hitting a low that will turn out to be its bottom. Here are some points you can apply when deciding if you should sell, hold or buy more. 1. Never base a sale decision (or any investment decision) on past stock-price performance alone. Rising and falling trends come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, depending on what’s going on in a company,…