Breaking Up With a Stock

By Andrew Jeffery Feb 12, 2008 10:30 am
You always knew this day would come.
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Like love, investing requires you to be dedicated. But knowing when to cut your losses may be the most important requirement of all. Note the eerily similar relationship between man and woman, and man and stock pick.



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2008-02-12 11:53:30
Rick Reis
I always do the Post It break up by placing a trailing stop. Set it and forget it. The only difference is how much wiggle room I will let it have before we break up.

If it has been good to me, it has a bit more wiggle than on a first date.

If it starts flirting back, we can always get together later.
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2008-02-12 11:58:26
MICHAEL TAILLON
Rick, you're such a romantic! The women must absolutely swoon around you. :>)
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2008-02-12 12:13:09
Rick Reis
Michael, these women can be very deceiving. Specially the steamy and hot ones. And boy, they are flirtatious.
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