As a follow-up to my previous article, “The Death of Buy-and-Hold” , Bitcoin in these last four months has demonstrated quite vividly to us the error of that outdated methodology, that Buy-and-Hold is truly dead and technical trading is superior to what is called “investing” today. In the two month period from February, 2021 through April, Bitcoin enjoyed a...
Mum and dad buy & hold (also known as "buy & forget" and "buy & hope") gets heavily promoted as some holy grail. Take advantage of the market rewards with the least effort, stress, and without having to pay fees to money managers, fees that will eat your retirement. To Bitcoin holders this is the greatest thing and they dream of wealth, they think they found the...
Ever since the invention of the Mutual Fund, then IRAs, or even going back to the ownership of individual stocks, the “common man” has been taught to “Buy and Hold” when it comes to their investments. Even today, investors are taught to put their hard earned dollars in a “lock box” and told to "let it grow"... We are told things like “Let time be on your side”…...
First of all let me note that a few years ago an university professor looked into Buffett history and found that according to filings he had a turnover of 100% (correct if I'm wrong he only checked the 13F they do not show other investment than stocks and stocks that have been held not long enough to be filed). Also he held 80% of stocks for less than 2...