Topic: How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of October 6, 2015

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One of the least useful investment sayings you’ll ever hear is the oft-repeated “the secret of profitable investing is to buy low and sell high.” It can lead you to waste years in a costly search for a magic way to figure out where “low” is, and how to tell when a price has gone up to “high”. One obvious but erroneous answer to the first question is that a low price per share, particularly less than $1, is a good place to buy. This lures many beginning investors into penny stocks. After all, a winning penny stock can go from under $1 to several dollars. However, zeroing in on that rare event, much less making money at it, is a lot harder than many investors realize. Although the price may seem right, the average penny offers a poor long-term return. After all, it’s hard to create a successful business. It’s much easier and cheaper to set up a company…