Discover the ins and outs of market timing, a strategy to capitalize on price shifts. Learn why it’s challenging and how ...

Institutional investors are well served by understanding trading dynamics that form around key market dates insight that can help them prepare for more effective portfolio implementation.

Many investors probably look at a stock chart and envision buying at the bottom and selling at the top. For example, you might imagine investing in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) on March 9, 2009, when ...

The world of investment is a complex labyrinth filled with myriad opportunities and pitfalls. One of the most common misconceptions is the belief in the ability to time the market perfectly. However, ...

Back in the day, there were two immediate reasons not to time the stock market by exiting when prospects seemed dim and reentering after they brightened. The causes were costs and taxes. Stock trades ...

Now that you’ve got a grasp on how to build a strong portfolio with asset allocation and diversification, let’s explore a different approach some investors use to time the market: technical analysis.

TUG is the most recent, the smallest (in assets under management) and the less liquid fund of this list, and it has the highest fee. It doesn't make it very appealing. However, it is the best ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

There’s new evidence that market timing doesn’t work. Your odds of success are better if you just hang on and aim for average returns, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, ...