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Friday 26 August 2011

How Cheap Stocks Benefit Your Portfolio

By Fabian Douglas


Are you looking to increase the net worth of your portfolio? This is something that many people try to do but must people struggle with and the main reason is because most people don't understand the best way to do it. 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. When I say easier I mean that they are easier to watch, easier to buy, and they are easier to keep track of. 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 - Another reason why buying cheap stocks makes sense is because you can accumulate more at a faster pace. This is something that a lot of people don't fully understand but what you need to know is that the more stocks you have in your portfolio, the better chance you will have at increasing your portfolios net worth without having to do much to it. 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. What you need to understand is that some high price stocks are volatile too but they just don't move around like some of the cheap stocks in the market.

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. If there is one thing that I know it is that buying cheap stocks is the best way to go.




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