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List of Investment Mantras
venkataramanan, Professor, India, Member
Let's collect a list of investment mantras here!
If possible, let's also add the circumstances / market conditions that make them valid (or not).
1. "When confident, concentrate; when doubtful diversify". When is this considered a sensible advice?
2. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket". In what kind of circumstances is this a smart strategy?
3. "Buy at bottom + 1 and sell at top -1". Is this a good strategy? If not why? If yes when?...
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On #2: Don't Put All your Eggs in One Basket
Hijab Naqvi, Student (MBA), Pakistan, Member Don't put all your eggs in one basket is a particular smart strategy when the company's financials are fluctuating and you are not sure about the comp...
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5. Don't Fight the Fed
michael cook, Analyst, United States, Member This is a mantra, a "slogan" if you will, not a strategy.
I can't think of a situation in which an investor would want to "fight" the Fed....
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