Ted Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of: Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth And Sleep Well At Night. In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just getting started. One outstanding opportunity in a stock market hammered as hard as this one is that great stocks are on sale. Many of the best known, best-earning companies are trading at valuations not seen in decades. That's the good news.
The bad news is that many stocks most of us own are way down, trading at levels well below where we bought them. In order to buy anything else, we have to sell what we have for a loss. Most of us can't do that, can't stand the pain. Get over it. Sell some of your worst losers and buy some of the great names.
I can hear many of you now: But Ted, you don't understand. I bought this stock at $10 a share and now it's trading at $1. I'd lose 90% of my money. I do understand. I've done it. Several times. That biotech I was sure was going to cure (pick one): cancer, malaria, the common cold, bursitis, arthritis, dandruff, ear wax, split ends, etc. Somehow they never came through except in their need for more money. They were always so close. Management just needed a little more time and a lot more money.
Closing Bell: Dubai sends jitters throughout the market (S, BBY)
Heinz looking good after the second quarter?
Why isn't Bank of America updating its shareholders on CEO situation?
