Tag: break

Every so often we get a question asking why we do not"buy the dips" more when we're taking a look at potential stock plays and the answer is actually simple.It is not"our" style.That is not to say it is wrong, or that you should not do it, we just don't find it works as well for us.Allow me to explain...

It's known as"dividend catch".This strategy is implemented when a dealer buys a stock just prior to the ex-dividend date, so he or she'll be a shareholder of record on the record date, and will get the dividend.Since the stock falls by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, the plan calls for the dealer to then await the stock to return to the cost where he or she purchased it before the ex-dividend date...

When you're driving down the highway looking ahead the street seems very flat yet once you stop to check out the surface of this smooth concrete you see many tiny ridges.The tires and springs of the automobile protect you from shocks and also potholes.To the rider it is extremely comfortable.Investors who buy individual stocks subject themselves to the daily good and the bad that are like the small ridges of the street and sometimes are shocked by way of a deep price break such as a pothole which could wreck everything...