Comments on: Do You Have an Investing Exit Strategy? http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Lazy Way To Creating Real Wealth In The Market | Building Wealth Together http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-49973 The Lazy Way To Creating Real Wealth In The Market | Building Wealth Together Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:24:47 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-49973 [...] Mistakes I’ve Made (and How You Can Learn From Them) – From Moolanomy (Guest Post on GRS) Do you have an Investing Exit Strategy? – From Mrs. Micah Index Funds are still the best way to buy stocks – From the [...] [...] Mistakes I’ve Made (and How You Can Learn From Them) – From Moolanomy (Guest Post on GRS) Do you have an Investing Exit Strategy? – From Mrs. Micah Index Funds are still the best way to buy stocks – From the [...]

]]> By: Avatar http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-21697 Avatar Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:18:32 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-21697 I think you brought up an interesting topic here. One should definitely have an exit strategy when investing in stocks. Just think about the 2000 dotcom bust. Personally, I prefer to set a limit to my gains. Once I hit, say a 30% gain, I'd sell some shares to recover my capital partially. Seeing share prices zoom up is fun. However, there are just pieces of paper if you don't cash them in. Remember Enron and WorldCom. What about Bear Stearings and CitiBank? Rgds My Blog: http://wonderwealthwisdom.blogspot.com/ I think you brought up an interesting topic here. One should definitely have an exit strategy when investing in stocks.

Just think about the 2000 dotcom bust.

Personally, I prefer to set a limit to my gains. Once I hit, say a 30% gain, I’d sell some shares to recover my capital partially.

Seeing share prices zoom up is fun. However, there are just pieces of paper if you don’t cash them in.

Remember Enron and WorldCom. What about Bear Stearings and CitiBank?

Rgds
My Blog:
http://wonderwealthwisdom.blogspot.com/

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]]> By: Weekend Reading: May 4, 2008 | Moolanomy http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-17897 Weekend Reading: May 4, 2008 | Moolanomy Sun, 04 May 2008 16:28:05 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-17897 [...] Do You Have an Investing Exit Strategy? at Mrs. Micah — Most people know what to do when and why to buy an investment, but the more important question is:  Do you know when and why you should sell? [...] [...] Do You Have an Investing Exit Strategy? at Mrs. Micah — Most people know what to do when and why to buy an investment, but the more important question is:  Do you know when and why you should sell? [...]

]]> By: Ryan S.@uncommon-cents.net http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-17831 Ryan S.@uncommon-cents.net Sat, 03 May 2008 00:52:10 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-17831 To me, the best exit strategy is to not exit; the ideal is to live off the dividends and interests. The way tax brackets for singles like me are now, $60K of dividends would land you in the 15% tax bracket but $60K of earned income clearly in the 25% bracket. I'd do better on my taxes by far! To me, the best exit strategy is to not exit; the ideal is to live off the dividends and interests. The way tax brackets for singles like me are now, $60K of dividends would land you in the 15% tax bracket but $60K of earned income clearly in the 25% bracket. I’d do better on my taxes by far!

]]> By: fathersez http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-17732 fathersez Thu, 01 May 2008 06:16:15 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-17732 Exit strategy is one compulsory item in the evaluation of every investment by corporates. At a personal level we always miss this out, having some sort of vague notion that we'll sell when it has doubled or risen by 25% or something like that. Holding it till we are old and gray is a good strategy, I think. Even Warren Buffet does this. Exit strategy is one compulsory item in the evaluation of every investment by corporates.

At a personal level we always miss this out, having some sort of vague notion that we’ll sell when it has doubled or risen by 25% or something like that.

Holding it till we are old and gray is a good strategy, I think. Even Warren Buffet does this.

]]> By: Becky@FamilyandFinances http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-17725 Becky@FamilyandFinances Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:24:20 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-17725 I know that I'll slowly invest more conservatively as I get closer to retirement age. We invest in a lot of growth funds now, but we'll invest in more growth & income funds and bonds as we get into our 50's and 60's. I know that I’ll slowly invest more conservatively as I get closer to retirement age. We invest in a lot of growth funds now, but we’ll invest in more growth & income funds and bonds as we get into our 50’s and 60’s.

]]> By: Aryn http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-17721 Aryn Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:54:53 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-17721 When I invested in the past (pre-grad school), I would set a target I wanted to reach and then sell when I hit it unless it was in a sector that was really zooming. In that case, I monitored the news and sold when I felt it might be turning. Unfortunately, this was also pre-dotcom bust, so I took a hit on a couple stocks that were hard hit by the sudden crunch, but I was well-diversified, so it wasn't that bad. Because they looked like wouldn't recover soon, I waited until almost the end of the year and then sold them to recover the losses to balance out the taxes on a steep gain I had on another stock. When I invested in the past (pre-grad school), I would set a target I wanted to reach and then sell when I hit it unless it was in a sector that was really zooming. In that case, I monitored the news and sold when I felt it might be turning.

Unfortunately, this was also pre-dotcom bust, so I took a hit on a couple stocks that were hard hit by the sudden crunch, but I was well-diversified, so it wasn’t that bad. Because they looked like wouldn’t recover soon, I waited until almost the end of the year and then sold them to recover the losses to balance out the taxes on a steep gain I had on another stock.

]]> By: The Family CEO http://financefreelancelife.com/2008/04/30/do-you-have-an-investing-exit-strategy/#comment-17720 The Family CEO Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:34:34 +0000 http://financefreelancelife.com/?p=598#comment-17720 My strategy is like yours for now: we'll figure out as retirement draws nearer. It's a good question, though, and one I'm thinking increasingly about as I get older. My strategy is like yours for now: we’ll figure out as retirement draws nearer. It’s a good question, though, and one I’m thinking increasingly about as I get older.

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