Investing Myth: Timing the Market. Here's Why Patience Beats Prediction.

Many investors probably look at a stock chart and envision buying at the bottom and selling at the top.For example, you might imagine investing in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) on March 9, 2009, when it bottomed out during the Great Recession, or when it hit its low after a plunge early in the coronavirus pandemic, on March 23, 2020. If you're looking at an individual stock chart, the opportunity can become even more mouthwatering.However, in reality, investing isn't like this. You don't know where a stock will go in the future, and no one knows when a stock is hitting a bottom or a top.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool