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The list should include something about the need to diversify investments across sectors, regions, time periods, asset classes, etc. ------------------------------ SANDY HARLOW ------------------------------

In my experience timing the market is extremely difficult and those who happen to make money in the short run will lose it in the long run. Almost every investor would be better off through dollar cost averaging (e.g. $50 per month), which automatically adds more shares when prices fall, fewer shares ...

Thank you for your follow-up, Barry, which reminds me of the line from "The Karate Kid" that "when the student is ready the teacher will appear".

Shorting a stock exposes you to unlimited downside risk. If you have identified a stock that you think is overvalued, I suggest you consider buying a put option, which limits the amount of money that you can use. Given that the purpose of this group is to share best practices and learn from each ...

There are a number of websites like Stocktwits that encourage members to share short-term trading actions, but I learn more from the reasoning and the factors that AAII members are using to make investment decisions than in the actual decisions themselves.