Why Don’t Value Investors Time The Market? My Answer To Sebastian’s Question
In my network of friends / family / colleagues, I’m most often known as ‘The Investment Guy’.
Because of this, I’m often asked about the latest trend in investing, whether it be years ago, gold and silver, the Greek Crash a couple years ago, or more recently, weed stocks and cryptocurrency.
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Today, I’m answering Sebastian’s question on one of our YouTube videos – why don’t value investors sell and then rebuy assets… Or in other words why don’t value investors time the market?
Let’s get to it…
In the 11 – minute video above, I detail why I NEVER try to time the market or buy and sell stocks when they’re at, or near tops or bottoms.
Some of what I talk about in the video…
- Why I never try to time the market
- Why I never try to time buying and selling stock in businesses
- Why I don’t estimate or forecast
- Why even the best investors in the world don’t time the market
- And more…
To illustrate how little I think of timing the market and people who say they’re great at timing the market here are some great quotes on market timing from world-class investors.
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What are your thoughts on market timing and selling at tops and then rebuying when something goes down? I’d love to hear them in the comments below.
Thanks for the great question Sebastian.
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