Comments on: Are You An Investor or a Gambler? http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/ One Guy's Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Three Essential Dividend Portfolio Question Every Investor Must Ask Now http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-55673 Three Essential Dividend Portfolio Question Every Investor Must Ask Now Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:01:59 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/2006/10/16/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/#comment-55673 [...] addressed. The risks of not doing them places you with too much risk and with too much risk comes emotional decisions which can lead to negative [...] [...] addressed. The risks of not doing them places you with too much risk and with too much risk comes emotional decisions which can lead to negative [...]

]]> By: Growth in Value http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-3083 Growth in Value Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:52:26 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/2006/10/16/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/#comment-3083 I saw that article, too, and it struck me as a tad misleading. I'm by no means a gambler, but it strikes me that anyone who, say, reads your site (or any other pfblog, for that matter) is probably automatically guilty of #2 and #7. I think having a pfblog and reading about investing on the internet would probably qualify as a preoccupation under most people's definition. And as for chasing your losses, I've done that myself occasionally and it's paid off handsomely. it all depends on which losses you chase. I've cut my losses and ran on occasion, because i thought it was the wisest course -- but not always. If I thought a stock was a bargain at 10, isn't it even more of a bargain at 8, providing I've done my research on it? I saw that article, too, and it struck me as a tad misleading.

I’m by no means a gambler, but it strikes me that anyone who, say, reads your site (or any other pfblog, for that matter) is probably automatically guilty of #2 and #7.

I think having a pfblog and reading about investing on the internet would probably qualify as a preoccupation under most people’s definition.

And as for chasing your losses, I’ve done that myself occasionally and it’s paid off handsomely. it all depends on which losses you chase. I’ve cut my losses and ran on occasion, because i thought it was the wisest course — but not always.

If I thought a stock was a bargain at 10, isn’t it even more of a bargain at 8, providing I’ve done my research on it?

]]> By: Latest Finance News » History » Are You An Investor or a Gambler? http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/comment-page-1/#comment-3081 Latest Finance News » History » Are You An Investor or a Gambler? Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:59:52 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/2006/10/16/are-you-an-investor-or-a-gambler/#comment-3081 [...] Original post by The Dividend Guy [...] [...] Original post by The Dividend Guy [...]

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