Investing 102

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by slow4dr

It always seems like you're speaking directly to me. I moved funds to my just opened Roth IRA this week. I've been watching every single one of my stock picks go down each day this week so I've been hesitant to pull the trigger. These are going to be long term holdings and I chose them specifically with that intent so I just need to sack up and jump in.

Without divulging how much you have to invest -- remember that you don't need to buy an entire position all at once... and you don't need to invest 100% of the funds you have all at once. If you have $4,000 ---- try to identify what it is you want to buy - and how many shares total - and then just invest $1,000 and wait - see where we're going - up or down - and put some more to work. Or if you want to own 20 shares of X -- just buy 10 now - and wait and so on.