Should I Sell My Stocks Now? 5 Good And 4 Wrong Reasons On When To Sell Stocks

Build an investment plan based on the best assets to buy and continue dollar-cost averaging rain or sunshine instead of worrying when to sell stocks.

When To Sell Stocks There are five good reasons for when to sell stocks. When You Need The Money - You should always invest with an end goal in mind. It could be something as long-term as retirement. Or it could be short-term as your kid’s college education.

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Your Investment Thesis Has Played Out

Assume you have Tesla in your moonshot portfolio as I did. I sold as soon as the S&P committee announced the index inclusion. Of course, the stock continued to rise after that event, but I reached my main idea for owning the stock. And after all, no one lost money by booking profit.

Your Investment Thesis Is Incorrect

When picking individual stocks, you could often run into issues where your original thesis proves to be wildly incorrect. Fraud is the most common example.

Better Investment Opportunities Often you might find other asset classes become relatively cheap to their intrinsic value. Although we have talked about investing in real estate with little or no money, some of the strategies do require funds.

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Tax Planning Strategies

Taxes eat up a large chunk of your hard-earned money. Effective tax planning strategies are the key to reducing your overall taxable income. To reduce my taxable income, I often sell stocks using the tax-loss harvesting technique.

When Not To Sell Stocks

Based On Forecasts No one has any idea how the stock market performs daily or even on a long-term basis. And that includes experts who have called past bubbles.

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