Motley Fool CEO Says The Fool's Edge Is a True 5-Year Time Horizon

There's comfort in knowing you've got options. That's true in terms of careers, relationships, and even investing. Being able to exit a stock position whenever you want makes it much easier to enter that position in the first place.As is the case with anything in life though, just because you have flexibility doesn't necessarily mean you should always use it. Sometimes the smartest decision you can make as an investor is doing nothing. That's because a more active approach to investing often ends up chipping away at your total returns.That's a key takeaway from a recent interview with Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner. When asked about the Fool's approach to picking stocks, he explained: "Our system is saying, we're looking five years out -- we're not the system that's trying to make the call in the next six months."Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool