Can you time the stock market?
Don’t miss out on the market’s best days. What does “buy low, sell high” mean? Simple: you buy investments when their price is down and sell them when their price has peaked. Except without a crystal ball, it’s impossible to predict when those prices will occur. How do you know when a share price is going to peak? How do you know that the price won’t keep rising? The costs of getting it wrong are high. You may miss out on positive returns and big gains for your portfolio if y