The Case For Buy And Hold Investing

If you're going to invest in stocks, this MarketWatch commentary provides some useful principles and reviews how an investor who had followed these principles did after market crash of 2008/2009:

So diversification mitigates pain. But how much does that matter if a third or more of your portfolio is vaporizing? That judgment is up to each investor, of course, but an indexed investor who stays put does not have to worry about when to climb back in.

 

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