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The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Richard Gibbons |
How to Lose Money It sounds contrary, but understanding how you lose money is what will make you a successful investor. Because you will lose money.  |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Rex Moore |
Don't Sell! Investors, the "don't sell" advice applies only to companies whose management and business model you still believe in, not in deteriorating situations where the economics have changed or where management proves incompetent or fraudulent.  |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2006 Dave Mock |
More Mediocrity, Better Returns Once your portfolio is concentrated in a handful of quality companies, it's a matter of maintaining the patience to ride your winners. Avoid an itchy trading finger and focus on company fundamentals, not price swings.  |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2006 Seth Jayson |
4 Signs You Shouldn't Sell Yes, stocks can get expensive, but when they're attached to superior companies with a track record of outperforming expectations, you should sit on your hands and let your winners run.  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2005 Michael Sarill |
The Warren Buffett Challenge Nervous about holding a portfolio with significant positions in fewer than five stocks? Maybe you should be. If you're not a master investor, it's difficult to know just what the biggest winners of the future will be.  |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Jim Mueller |
Don't Settle for "Good Enough" The real secret to successful investing: time and patience. That's it. But in the world of investing, those two can be hard to come by. If we ignore them, and settle for "good enough," we could miss out on those multibaggers that can really boost our portfolios.  |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2005 Roger Friedman |
Invest Like Tony Soprano Losing track of your investments may be the most profitable move you ever make.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Make Millions From Your Mistakes Stop obsessing over small investing missteps and focus on the big picture.  |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Matt Thurmond |
Quality Systems or Not? Quality Systems' growth prospects were trading at a discount back in 2003. Those days are gone. But does that mean you shouldn't buy?  |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2010 |
It Could Be Time to Throw Good Money After Good Don't be afraid to add to your winners. Sometimes, throwing good money after good makes all the sense in the world.  |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Be Smart About Taking Profits Deciding when to take some profits off the table is a harder question than figuring out when to sell your whole position. Read on for some tips.  |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2007 Austin Edwards |
This Mistake Could Cost You a Fortune While investors may never agree on when or why to sell a stock, it's important to have an emotionless, well-thought-out strategy in place. If you don't, you may suffer major losses or miss out on massive gains.  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Rex Moore |
Don't Let Big Gains Fool You What do you do when your stock is up 100% or more? Investors can make costly mistakes in terms of opportunity.  |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Lesson You Should Never Forget Against all the losses that you've seen in your portfolio in this past year, the only thing you have to show for it is the experience you've gained. In future good times, remember what you learned now.  |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Lost Opportunities Regained So what should a busy prospective investor do when she has too many stock candidates and not enough time to do research? Well, for me these days, the main answer has been: Mutual funds!  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Here's Why You Shouldn't Wait You can get priced out of a stock -- or at least miss out on gains -- if you wait too long.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Jeremy MacNealy |
A Foolish Investing Strategy Is it ever OK to average up on a stock? Many times, the best use of your cash is in the same skyrocketing stock that you already own.  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Category 3 Stocks A balanced portfolio may be the perfect storm in today's iffy market. Peppering your holdings with a mix of value and growth stocks is a sensible approach. With styles falling in and out of favor, a little diversification can go a long way.  |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2006 Rex Moore |
3 Sell Signs Ignore these at your peril: 1. Selfish Management... 2. Competitive disadvantages... etc.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2005 Tim Hanson |
Whole Foods' Wild Ride The health food grocery chain's stock, which had closed at $117.97 the afternoon before, fell all the way down to $112.58 before bumping back up a bit before close. But that's all it was: one day in an otherwise upward climb for shareholders.  |
The Motley Fool June 13, 2011 Brian Stoffel |
Beat the Market by Betting Against Tom Gardner This unusual strategy would create market-beating results for your portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rex Moore |
Are You Invested in the Right Industries? One thing that often gets lost in all the talk of sizzling stocks and 20-baggers is the benefit of diversification. It's a concept every investor can understand and profit from.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Most Expensive Mistake You'll Ever Make Don't be satisfied with "good" returns. If you expect to earn top returns, you need a little greed in order to keep from missing out on the best stocks.  |
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 Nick Kapur |
One Essential Stock Screen Ask these three questions, find great stocks.  |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2005 Tim Hanson |
The Winner's Touch The key to tomorrow's gains can often be found in yesterday's experiences. Travel back in time to see what's worked by comparing/contrasting 2002 stock picks Time Warner with Corporate Executive Board.  |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2008 Paul Elliott |
Is It Time to Cut Our Losses? Advice for investors during this difficult market time, from Motley Fool co-founders David and Tom Gardner.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Rex Moore |
Two Investing Must-Knows Here are a couple of things that could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time you retire.  |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Let's Hear It for Joe Oddlot Don't let anyone tell you that you need to be on Wall Street to be a superior investor. You don't. Think you can't possibly beat the market, right? Balderdash.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
What Was Your Worst Investment Mistake in 2009? This was a completely different year.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2006 Rex Moore |
3 Sell Signs Investors, ignore these at your peril: 1. Selfish management... 2. Competitive disadvantages... 3. An unstable financial model...  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2005 Philip Durell |
Tom Gardner Interviews Philip Durell Tom and the author get together to talk value investing.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Paul Elliott |
How to Beat a Choppy Market In a market like this, there's only one way to make real money with stocks. That is to buy where Wall Street isn't looking.  |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Places for Great Investment Ideas There are some good investment newsletters out there, even from us.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2004 Paul Elliott |
How to Beat a Choppy Market In a market like this, there's only one way to make real money with stocks. That is to buy where Wall Street isn't looking.  |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
How to Double Your Money Remember that while stalking the double is a worthwhile pursuit, you should keep it within the context of disciplined stock selection and portfolio construction.  |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
How to Double Your Money The key to a good investment is to buy shares of companies with above-average business potential and then hold them for as long as possible (ideally forever). When you do that, performance tends to take care of itself.  |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Time to Sell Those Winners -- and Losers The end of the year is approaching, and there are things you can do now to reduce your tax hit.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2005 Paul Elliott |
How to Beat a Choppy Market In "One Up on Wall Street," Peter Lynch argues that everyday investors actually have advantages over the typical professional fund jockey. Believe it.  |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2005 Philip Durell |
Profit From Your Losses Taxes are the bane of many an investor. Are you making the most of your losers?  |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Paul Elliott |
The Greatest Stock Story Ever Told You can make more doing less. Great stocks get greater when you get in early.  |
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Richard Gibbons |
The Best Stocks for the Risk-Averse For the risk-averse, value stocks are really the way to go. Even better, you can get this reduced risk while maintaining excellent returns.  |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2004 Bill Mann |
It's Tax-Loss Season, Y'all The tax clock for selling stock losers to match against winners expires December 31. So selling losers becomes a no-brainer, right? Not so fast.  |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Wrong Way to Make Back Your Losses If you've seen massive losses in your net worth during the bear market, you undoubtedly want to earn your way back to breakeven, at least. Yet upping the risk level on your portfolio will likely leave you a whole lot poorer.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2005 |
Recommended Reading Here are some books that can turbocharge your investing: The Motley Fool Rule Breakers, Rule Makers by David and Tom Gardner... The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton... One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild... etc.  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2004 Paul Elliott |
How to Beat a Choppy Market In a market like this, there's only way to make real money with stocks. That is to buy where Wall Street isn't looking.  |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Lazy Beats the Street Want to beat Mr. Market by a mere 14 percentage points? Get lazy and invest in solid, dependable business leaders that don't require daily checkups or keep you up at night.  |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Paul Elliott |
6 Words You Don't Want to Say Do you really want to risk saying, "I quit three feet from gold?" What we need to do right now is to survey the goldmine that skittish investors have left for barren.  |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2007 Dave Mock |
Hot Stocks for 2008 Find out what -- and where -- the real winners will be this year.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2008 John Churchill |
Loser Hedgies Flip The Switch In 08 Some of this year's biggest hedge fund winners were last year's worst performers.  |
InternetNews May 15, 2009 Paul Shread |
Red Hat, SanDisk Gain as Stocks Fall Economic fears returned to the market this week, but some stocks gained anyway.  |