Looking for equity investment tips and factors to consider? Here are five long-term trading considerations to keep your investments balanced for growth potential for the long run.
Despite market ups and downs, there are several common strategies that you can use to help weather volatility and keep your investments afloat. The following five tips can help you stay the course:
Most experts will tell you that if you are investing for the long run, like for retirement or for a specific financial goal, it’s better to let your money go along for the roller coaster ride. If you try to anticipate the market’s ups and downs, you run the risk of selling before an upturn, and then being on the sidelines when the market rallies. Sometimes, missing even a few days can make a huge financial difference.
Even when you stay in the market long term, there may be risk involved with investing your money in equity investments. Knowing your goals and risk tolerance will help you to choose investments that are right for you, so you’ll be comfortable riding out market volatility.
“Diversification” means investing in a variety of assets with different risk/return characteristics. You can accomplish this by spreading your investment money across several asset types, or by diversifying within a specific asset category.
Dollar-cost averaging means you systematically invest a fixed amount of money at regular time intervals. The objective of dollar-cost averaging is to reduce the average price you pay for the securities, since you will buy more securities when the price is low and fewer when the price is high.
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All investments involve risk including loss of principal. Past performance of the stock market is no guarantee of future results. For informational purposes only. There is no guarantee any strategy will be successful. Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against market loss.
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