I’ve Decided to Stop Deciding Which Stocks to Sell
Over the Last 17 Years: Have My Sell Decisions Really Added Anything?
“The stocks I pick don’t benefit much from well-timed sales. There’s usually little harm in holding on to them much, much longer than I do.
So, I’ve decided to hold the stocks I own indefinitely. When I find a really, really good stock idea – which might happen once a year – I will need to sell pieces of the stocks I already own to raise cash for that purpose. I’ll do that. So, if I’m fully invested and want to put 20% of my money into a new stock – I’ll have to sell 20% of each stock I now own. But, I’m not going to eliminate my entire position in a stock anymore. Those decisions to completely exit a specific stock haven’t added value for me. So, I’m not going to try to make them anymore.
From now on, I’m going to be a collector of stocks.”
Over the Last 17 Years: Have My Sell Decisions Really Added Anything?