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When is the right time to buy stocks?

By Prieur du Plessis, on February 15th, 2008 posted in: Investment, Stocks, Wall Street

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When is the right time to buy stocks? Unfortunately there is no straightforward answer, irrespective of the amount of analysis thrown at the question. This post steps aside from the timing issue by simply considering what the chances would be of losing/making money on the stock market over different holding periods. The results make for interesting reading. […]

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