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Buying High and Selling Low Continues for Many Investors

I’ve talked about this trend in the past where people do just the opposite of what they should be doing. Ask even the most novice investor and I bet they can recite the words “buy low and sell high” to you. It’s an incredibly simple concept, yet most people can’t follow through with it. [...]

March 2009 Was a Perfect Example of Why You Shouldn’t Try to Time the Market

March Rally Leaves Some Investors With Seller’s Remorse
Buy and hold investors have felt like this tried and true strategy has failed them, and for good reason. The past decade has been downright ugly when it comes investing in the stock market. Over the past ten years, many will point out that their money would [...]

How To Handle Tremendous Investment Losses

This is a guest post by DebtKid. DebtKid writes about his journey to get out of debt, and achieve financial stability. He runs a small software development company in Seattle as well as working as Product Ambassador for LendingClub.com.
How did your stock portfolio do in 2008?
Unless you were shorting, I imagine you got killed. [...]

Five Things We Can Learn From the Market Bust

This is a guest post by Dana. Dana writes for the Investoralist, a blog that explores the fundamental principles of successful investing, and provide meaningful discussion of the topic based on a holistic look at the macro-investing environment.
We are in a severe recession – some say the worst since the Great Depression. For [...]