you invest 10 000 dollars and then if your stocks go down you have say 9000 if your stocks go up you have 11 000
and you can take it out or leave it in anytime you want?
2007-03-02 06:58:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Tie, you are right, but with one addendum. You lose or gain money IF YOU SELL.
If you buy stocks for 10K and then it goes down, you have lost nothing unless you sell at the lower price. You hang on to the stocks and it goes up the next week. A week later it's at 11K and you sell, you LOST nothing, you GAINED by your gutsy move to wait. THIS is what stocks are all aboutL: Guessing the movement of the stock prices.
2007-03-02 07:07:41 · answer #1 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right. But lots of investors (myself included) are in the stock market through mutual funds in our 401k retirement accounts at work. So we are more interested in the long term, rather than the daily ups and downs of the market.
2007-03-02 15:08:28 · answer #2 · answered by Greg S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. Stocks can be sold anytime you want. It is some mutual funds that do not allow quick buying and selling. They want you to hold for at least 6 months.
2007-03-02 15:04:02 · answer #3 · answered by gosh137 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Correct.
2007-03-03 01:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy low sell high and pray alot inbetween ..........i lost my @ss 2 days ago starting to recover some now thou
2007-03-02 15:07:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tie, you are exactly right.
2007-03-02 15:02:57 · answer #6 · answered by Yardbird 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋