Comments on: Investor’s Have Insecurities Too

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:40:26 +0000

While I have not done as well as I would have liked my 401k was down 9.81% last year and is up .78% this year. I do have a company match of 25% on the dollar, but the money invested in DSPP And Drips are down 44.75% since this mess started. I just keep investing each month in the dividend players and at this price the stocks are going for a huge discount.
Unlike my sister in-law who invested 2 yrs ago in a bank stock that paid no dividend then watched her solo investment go from $5000. to $800. then sold so she would not lose her money?

By: Manshu

Manshu — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:30:37 +0000

I certainly have insecurities and I don’t try to fight them. I make a lot of mistakes in every aspect of my life, why should investing be any different?

I just try to recognize these mistakes and learn from them. Over the course of the last decade my investment strategy has changed dramatically and I am better off for it.

By: Rhianni32

Rhianni32 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:11:24 +0000

This current recession is actually what shifted me from trusting in others to manage my investing and to move to doing it myself so its been a good thing for me…. even with a 50% loss. So I don’t have insecurities as of yet as I am just starting out and dont have my own track record to measure yet.
Incidently you Div-Net guys have been a great help in my education. Thanks you for all the information.

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:47:52 +0000

Investing is primarily a psychological endeavour. The 50% drop that most buy and hold investors are experiencing is testing their strategy of long-term investing. Most will sell or switch strategies, only to get dissapointe once more.
Active trading is not a substitude for consistently making money either – i have seen many active traders lose 50% even though they stick to a strategy, before they start earning more again..
I am sticking to my strategy for the time being..

By: the weakonomist

the weakonomist — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:22:34 +0000

I don’t have insecurities because that requires me to have emotion behind my investments. The whole premise of buying my index funds was to remove the emotion from investing.

The only time I’ll care about the actual balance of my retirement portfolio is the first day after my retirement. That is still more than 30 years away.

As for the current market, thanks to dollar cost averaging I’m going to make a killing on my investments.