Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Why You Should Buy Cheap Stocks


Are you looking to increase the net worth of your portfolio? A lot of people have problems with doing this and the reason is because they don’t know the best way to do it or who to learn from. If you are a somewhat experienced trader then you know that in order to add to your portfolio there is only 2 ways to do it. Those 2 ways are to add more money into your portfolio or wait for the share prices to increase.

Why Buying Cheap Stocks Make Sense

Easier to manage – Something that you need to understand is that cheap stocks are much easier to manage than higher priced ones. The reason they are easier is because they don’t put a lot of stress on you because they don’t have such big up and down days. When you start to trade stocks that are over $100 you will quickly lose sight of all the movement because of how often they move and by how much.

Can accumulate more – One other reason why buying cheap stocks is a better idea is because you don’t have to have a lot of money to accumulate them at a quick rate. Most people don’t understand what accumulation can do to your portfolio but just know that the more shares you have the faster your portfolio will increase. When it comes to stock trading it is very important that you accumulate as many shares as possible because doing this will help you and your portfolio more than you will ever know. All you need to do is buy a certain amount of shares each week or month and you will see your portfolio grow consistently.

More volatile – Were you aware of the fact that cheaper stocks are trader more, mostly because regular investors understand them better and this is what makes them so volatile? This is important to know because if you don’t realize how volatile a stock is then you will not know how quick the share price can change on you. Although higher priced stocks are very volatile as well, they are just not as volatile compared to some of the cheaper stocks out there.

As you probably already know, stock trading is a risky business but if you can do it right at least 75% of the time then you will have no problem increasing your portfolios net worth. When it comes to increasing your portfolios worth the best thing you can do is stick to buying cheap stocks while they are still cheap.

2 comments:

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