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Learning From Bear Market Missteps.(THE SMART INVESTOR)(INVESTORS.COM CORNER)
Byline: KEN SHREVE
The most successful stock investors share a common trait: They learn from their own mistakes.
During the bear market, investing miscues have been plentiful. Some investors let small losses turn into big ones. Some stayed married to a stock because it was a "good" company. Others decided to scoop up stocks at fire-sale prices.
These are some of the fallacies that often make portfolio losses worse than they need to be. They're among the topics in the Investor's Corner Archives, a collection of the best articles from IBD's investor education column found at investors.com (it can be accessed directly at investors.com/learn/ic.asp).
With the market trying to rally from multiyear lows, here's a look at some relevant articles in today's market context.
Don't count on fallen leaders.
It's tempting to nibble at well-known names like Sun Microsystems, AOL Time Warner and others at their current price levels.
- GOOD RIDDANCE.(now is the time to sell those those loosing stocks, stay ahead...
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Goldberg, Steven T. June 1, 2001 700+ words
...Whether the 2000-01 bear market ended already or is merely...even think of this as a bear market. Plan to put your money...contributions during a bear market. Investing a fixed amount...That was where the big money was made, and many of...
- A bear market bonanza.(attorney Jim Shapiro, and others, pursuing lawsuits...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Benjamin, Matthew December 17, 2001 700+ words
...trillion in paper wealth disappeared in the 20-month-old bear market, and someone, somewhere, is to blame, Shapiro says...Those weren't the right stocks for me." Real class. The big money, though, is in class action lawsuits, 415 of which have...
- The portfolio: a man and his money.(Bank of America; financial services...
- Magazine article from: Esquire Kurson, Ken November 1, 2001 700+ words
...service industry as the odometer clicked to 2000. Like all the big money-center banks, Bank of America was spawned by a marriage...to one really good company. Worse, the fact that all the big money-center banks follow the exact same strategy simply drives...
- The Year of the CB // Cornerbacks getting big money, scrutiny
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times DAN POMPEI September 1, 1996 700+ words
...Offenses averaged a record number of passes per game (37) and passing yards per game (220.8), and the result was a bear market for receivers and a bull market for cornerbacks. Teams treated receivers as if they were replaceable. Andre Rison, Mike...
- Bear Market Bottoms.
- Magazine article from: Investors Chronicle - magazine and web content April 28, 2009 700+ words
...studied over 70 years of bull and bear market history and reveals strong evidence...characteristics around the time of the bear market bottoms. The results are quite a revelation. Declines into Bear Market Lows Firstly, Mr Hester looked at...
- This bear market isn't normal, some experts say.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service MarksJarvis, Gail July 22, 2002 700+ words
...debate _ that this is not your normal bear market. Typically, run-of-the-mill...Leuthold Group, of Minneapolis. Yet this bear market is already almost 2-{ years old...starting to call this "a secular" bear market _ the worst kind of extended bad periods...
- A bear market is not such a bad thing; call it an opportunity to accumulate...
- Magazine article from: Investment News Griffin, Jim February 28, 2001 700+ words
It's a bear market. How can I tell? Because it is so...operationally useful definition of a bear market. I will note, however, that there...A commonly cited standard for a bear market is that the index should have declined...
- Tracking Bear Market Can Prove Tricky.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 30, 2002 700+ words
...Business News Jul. 30--What if a bear market ended and nobody knew it? It has happened...be wondering whether the end of the bear market is near. But for all they know, it...full of missed calls on the end of the bear market. Take this account from nearly a decade...
