A friend, David Leo, sent me his newsletter recently that contained an eye-popping statement: “Although the stock market had a return on investment of 9,399.31% or 11.72% per year between 1982 and ...

Trading is an exciting game. It’s a thrill to jump in and out of positions. But market timing doesn’t work for most investors. At least if your goal is to outperform the market. To understand why this ...

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The S&P 500 is up 14% this year, but just eight days that explain most of the gains. If you want a simple indication of why market timing is not an effective investment strategy, take a look at the ...

There is a lot of evidence that market timing doesn’t yield superior results. Yet, people are always making great comments about timing. In his “MoneyWatch” article “The Smartest Things Ever Said ...

Market timing seems so easy, in theory. Buy when prices are low and sell when they are at a high. Anyone who diligently follows the market and stays abreast of economic news can anticipate, and ...

Market timing has been given a bad rap with the buy-and-hold crowd. This might be due to the abundance of research suggesting timing the market is nearly impossible. But there are times when timing ...

The Devil Advocates Two months ago, I called market-timers "circus clowns minus the funny suits." My argument: "Even when market-timers dodge the bear market, they inevitably miss the ensuring bull.