re: Buy and hold

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do not have the time to babysit a 30-stock watchlist, then, yes, buy and hold investing may be ideal for you. It's not easy moving 500k into and out of a stock every other week (for most stocks). But if you're not sinking that much into your picks and you do have the time to devote to constantly monitor your stocks, then the only excuse I can think of to adhere to a buy and hold strategy is lack of knowledge about TA.

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I mostly agree with this. I call buy and hold “investing” and active trading maybe something else like “working”. I feel a guy like me with a full time and a part time job just doesn’t have time or the resources that the professionals have. I have much more in mutual funds than I do in individual stocks. I am fairly new to buying individual stocks but have enjoyed sticking my toe in the water and learning.