Always Be Investing

investing photoThere is a common phrase in selling that is “ABC” which means “Always be closing.”

In the case of investing phrase should be:
ABI or Always Be Investing

There are times that the market will force you to want to keep your money in cash. I recognize the strategy as a valuable strategy especially when the entire market is dropping such as we had in 2008. In 2008, every stock saw a dramatic drop in its price, and some stocks dropped 20 to 40%. This is a time when it’s almost impossible to ride a stock up as a momentum investor play. Occasionally, there will also be geopolitical scares that will cause most of the indicators of your favorite stocks to show sell. In those instances, you will exit the individual stocks, and you may find that you have a large portion of your portfolio in cash.

Aside from these unusual days, most times and investors should keep the money in play in the market in some manner. Using the tools that I teach in my book, The Confident Investor. You can almost always find a stock that is increasing in value and is ready for you to invest. I think there have only been one or two times in the past six years that I haven’t had at least one or two stocks in my investment portfolio.

With the strategy of always be investing, it is critical to choose the correct stock. To do this, we need to focus our efforts on great companies that have a history of performing well. This performance needs to be as a company and also as a stock. You can find a list of such companies on my Watch List. However, you shouldn’t trust just my list. Instead, you should read my book The Confident Investor, so that you can make your own determinations on the stocks that you want to focus on.

In addition to helping you find the best companies to invest in, my book The Confident Investor will help you identify when those stocks are starting to grow. It will also indicate when you should get out of those stocks and invest your money elsewhere. A confident momentum investor has to be diligent about watching the direction of the portfolio and every stock in the portfolio to make sure it is appreciating at the rate need.

You can purchase my book wherever books are sold such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Books A Million. It is available in e-book formats for Nook, Kindle, and iPad.

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