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How to Invest in Mutual Funds You’ll Keep During a Falling Market
Yesterday the stock market was down over 3%. Whenever the market is falling, I get email and comments to posts asking whether we should sell our investments to avoid further losses. Generally, selling an investment because of a declining market is about the worst investing mistake one can make. The problem is that so many do sell out of fear of further losses. So I’ve put together this short video post to describe one factor I consider when buying shares of a mutual fund so that I won’t be tempted to sell the fund if it’s under performing the market.
As this is my first video post, I’d appreciate hearing what you think, how quickly the video loads, and if you had any trouble viewing the video.
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DR,
Great job on the video post. It loaded quickly on my machine and added a little personality to your post.
Hey DR,
Great post, and nice work on the video. I enjoyed watching it.
I closed the window and moved on to another site about halfway through because it was paced to slowly. With text I can skim and find the information I want; with video I’m forced to invest more time into it to get the same amount of information.
Unless you need to show movement using a video is not a great idea - in fact, it’s a bad idea: Search engines won’t find your content, I can’t link to a section and send it to my friends, it’s not accessible, etc.
I like the old format better. Sorry.
Interesting - I tend to agree with Wil though - I usually skip video stuff because it just takes too much time.
One comment - the volume of the video for me was quite low - I had to turn up my laptop to 11 to hear it properly.
Mike
Wil, I appreciate your perspective.