Setelah Membeli Saham: Hold, Jual, Beli lagi?
Tulis Gerald M. Loeb di buku The Battler for Investment Surviva l: As soon as security is purchased, the buyer loses the power to avoid a decision. It becomes necessary for him to decide whether to hold or sell. As an inexorable consequence, the percentage of correct conclusions must be lowered. Therefore, intelligent investors expect to make a great many more error in closing transactions than in opening them. Begitu saham dibeli, pembeli kehilangan kuasa untuk menghindari keputusan. Ia harus menentukan apakah saham tersebut harus dipegang atau dijual. Sebagai konsekuensinya, persentase keputusan tepat (saat menutup posisi) adalah lebih rendah. Karena itu, investor berpengalaman sadar bahwa ia akan membuat (lebih) banyak kesalahan saat menutup posisi daripada saat membuka posisi. When nothing but cash is held, no decision need be made at all unless conditions are completely satifactory. Saat kita hanya memegang uang tunai, keputusan tidak perlu dibuat terkecuali kalau ko