Richard Montgomery

What is market timing? Market timing is an investment strategy focused on picking market lows and highs, with the intention of buying securities (often shares) when they are low and selling them when they are high,...

  It seems like a simple enough question, and it’s important that you (and your financial adviser if you use one) are able to articulate the answer. But while not especially complicated, developing your strategy requires...

Investors are mainly conditioned to buying or selling in rising markets, with the objective of the investment going up in price over the long term, and potentially generating dividends along the way. In falling, or very...