The people who work for me are worthless. I asked ten of them to help me figure out a movie where a family member steals from another family member or family members. Somehow they started talking about Borat because Borat's traveling companion steals his bear and then they lost all focus because imitating Borat and trying to talk like him took over.
So for this example of functional relationship to stock ownership that is like a dysfunctional human relationship I will have to go with the A&E show, "Intervention". Anyone who has ever watched this show for a few episodes can testify to the fact that sometimes family members steal from their family. In the case of intervention this stealing is done for drug money, which is obviously sad and dysfunctional.
Stealing from your stocks is functional when it comes to investing however! It is actually important to steal from your stocks by taking profits when you get a big gain in a stock. Whether you have a trade that reaches your target price, or a stock in your portfolio that goes on a big run taking profits is an essential part of investing. If you are trading it is important to take profits to maintain discipline and avoid a greedy over reaching trade where you end up losing some of your profit. Taking a profit from a stock that is in your portfolio may be important so that your portfolio does not become unbalanced due to a surge in one particular stock.
Please remember a couple of things. Make sure you steal your 'fix' money, PROFITS, from you stocks. Profits do not count until they are actually in your bank account. This is the only time they are real profits that have been secured.
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