Timing the market is an important investment strategy
As global financial markets continue to be volatile, some investors either wait to invest or sell all their holdings to get out of the market. Either of these decisions is made with the expectation that the market will continue to go down or the desire to wait for the market to start going back up. After all, it’s easy to determine when the market will change course and start appreciating again. Often, I will hear something like, “If we get a few good days in a row, then I will re-invest!”
I received a call this week from a new client who was in the process of transferring money to fund his account. He said that he “heard” that markets are going to continue to fall, and he doesn’t want to start investing until he feels…
