Comments on: When to Sell a Stock

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:55:44 +0000

Every trade has a different function in a portfolio. In the case of AAPL, one can invest in it even without dividends, if that’s what you’re looking for.

Jerome makes the point that buying and holding AAPL with no dividends certainly paid off for him since the company and the stock has performed strongly.

If your strategy is dividend payouts, most growth tech stocks do not pay a dividend but you can still make money by buying cheap and selling high.

If your strategy is short-term, however, you can ride a short momentum swing to a quick, short gain (or loss). But this can be risky and requires a lot of attention.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:22:45 +0000

20smoney you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.

I bought AAPL at $12 (2 stoc splits ago) when everybody wrote them off for dead. I should be trading it because it doesn’t pay a dividend?

Get a clue bud.

By: 20smoney

20smoney — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:15:57 +0000

You must decipher between a “trade” and a long term investment. For example, most people who trade the most popular stock Apple (AAPL) should actually be trading it because there is no dividend payout. Therefore, the only way to make money on it is to sell it higher than you bought it. Prob 80% of people are not able to do that. Therefore, most people should avoid trading and just accumulate a portfolio of dividend, safe companies (which typically arent tech stocks). I like WMT, PM, MCD and a few others I like to talk about on my blog.

By: Keith Morris

Keith Morris — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:26:38 +0000

I read an interesting tip over on LifeTuner.org about avoiding “nostalgic” stock.

http://www.lifetuner.org/topics/37-investing/stories/34

I was offered stock options from my previous employer as well. Luckily, unlike the person who posted at the link above, I decided not to buy. The company is not doing so well these days.

… probably because they laid me off. Kidding.