Investing in stocks

Contrarian Investing

When the stock market starts going up, most people are, initially, scared to step aboard. It's not until stocks have gone up a long way for a long time that most investors become interested and start buy­ing. On the other hand, when stocks start dropping, most investors are not afraid. Their courage has been bolstered by the steadily rising tide. Only because the market has risen a long way, investors believe it will keep going up. It is almost a gold-rush mentality.

Contrarian Investors buy on bad news, and sell on good news. "Buy low, sell high" is a well-worn cliche. But it's well-worn for a good reason:

That's how an investor must think in order to make money.

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written by: Mark Faimi

 
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