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<blockquote data-quote="LibertyTurns" data-source="post: 427635" data-attributes="member: 789"><p>I had to eat some crappy moves as a novice because what I selected had to be right. There were a few times I doubled down and got a double beating.</p><p></p><p>I’ll offer this up for the “you can’t beat the market” crowd. The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 companies listed on the NASDAQ or NYSE. Not every company will overperform and not every sector will overperform. They key is to develop your strategy such that you maximize the stocks in your portfolio that are in the overperforming category and sectors and limit those below the line. Do that and you beat the market.</p><p></p><p>As an individual investor you have agility that mutual funds, etc do not. That’s a huge advantage. ETFs or Mutual Funds have rules they have to abide by. Many times these depress performance potentials and individually you are not limited by that.</p><p></p><p>I realized in time I could handle about 50. It requires a fair amount of reading daily, assessing threats and opportunities, etc much like you do running a department at a company or a business.</p><p></p><p>I stay away from what I don’t know. If I don’t understand the prospects I either pass or wait until I do. When the market has more risk, I reduce riskier positions and when it has less risk I take more chances. That’s about all there is to it.</p><p></p><p>Again, this is a time consuming activity. It’s definitely not for everyone. Some people fix their own cars, paint their house, etc where others hire out people to do that. Same goes for investing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LibertyTurns, post: 427635, member: 789"] I had to eat some crappy moves as a novice because what I selected had to be right. There were a few times I doubled down and got a double beating. I’ll offer this up for the “you can’t beat the market” crowd. The S&P 500 is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 companies listed on the NASDAQ or NYSE. Not every company will overperform and not every sector will overperform. They key is to develop your strategy such that you maximize the stocks in your portfolio that are in the overperforming category and sectors and limit those below the line. Do that and you beat the market. As an individual investor you have agility that mutual funds, etc do not. That’s a huge advantage. ETFs or Mutual Funds have rules they have to abide by. Many times these depress performance potentials and individually you are not limited by that. I realized in time I could handle about 50. It requires a fair amount of reading daily, assessing threats and opportunities, etc much like you do running a department at a company or a business. I stay away from what I don’t know. If I don’t understand the prospects I either pass or wait until I do. When the market has more risk, I reduce riskier positions and when it has less risk I take more chances. That’s about all there is to it. Again, this is a time consuming activity. It’s definitely not for everyone. Some people fix their own cars, paint their house, etc where others hire out people to do that. Same goes for investing. [/QUOTE]
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