One of the hardest parts of investing isn’t deciding what to buy – it’s knowing when to sell. This week let’s take a closer look at the often-overlooked “other side” of investing and the reasons long-term investors sometimes decide to move on from a stock. From changing company fundamentals and stretched valuations to shifting goals and better opportunities elsewhere and explain why selling doesn’t always mean you made a mistake.
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Weekly Update for the week ending December 8, 2023
If you are curious about the future of interest rates, keep a close eye on consumer spending this holiday season. If spending drops by more than 5% compared to last year, we could see rates start to decline sooner rather than later. That would be a welcome Christmas present for many! 😊 Of course, if spending remains strong, rates could stay the same or even rise. ☹
Items that may only interest or educate me ….
Canadian Economic news, US Economic news, Setting money aside for a rainy day, Bard, meet Gemini, …
Weekly Update for the week ending November 24, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me ….
Canadian Economic news, US Economic news, OpenAI’s Chaotic Leadership Change/Unchange ….
At the start of each week, I wonder if there will be any investing events that pique my interest enough to write about. The last two weeks have been thin on interesting events, at least to me. However, starting on November 17 it came out that OpenAI’s Chief Executive Officer was unexpectedly let go. And then rehired five days later. I thought this would be a short paragraph or two, but it took on a life of its own. But first …
The week ending September 30, 2022
Fractional shares…. And so ends the third quarter of 2022. After a rally to start the quarter, the markets ended with a thud! The Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index (TSX) is doing the best of the four major North American Indexes, and it is in a market correction (down more than 10% from recent highs). […]
The week ending September 16, 2022
Fractional shares…. Just when supply chain problems were slowly being eliminated, rail workers in the US threatened to go on strike. Fortunately, a deal between the major U.S. railroads and the railroad unions was reached to avert a work stoppage. This was such a crucial deal for the US economy that even President Biden took […]
The week ending April 1, 2022
Have you ever had one of those weeks where things just seem to go your way? The past week was one such week for me. I made three trades during the week, triggered by a busted thesis and a book. Let me explain. Trade 1: I purchased shares in a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, Social […]