{"id":30283,"date":"2012-06-17T14:41:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-17T18:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/forex-news\/2012\/06\/why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-buy-stocks-now-part-i\/"},"modified":"2012-06-17T14:41:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T18:41:19","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-buy-stocks-now-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex-news\/2012\/06\/17\/why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-buy-stocks-now-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn\u2019t Be Afraid to Buy Stocks Now, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article by Investment U<\/a> <\/p>\n

The headlines these days are filled with gloom\u2026<\/p>\n

The economy is sputtering. Consumer confidence is down. Unemployment is up. The Eurozone is coming apart at the seams. To top it off, federal, state and local government spending are sending us down the road to ruin. Who can buy stocks in this type of environment?<\/p>\n

You can. And you\u2019d be unwise to let anyone counsel you otherwise, even if stocks go lower before they go higher.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why\u2026<\/p>\n

Owning great companies is a smart move. (Notice I said great companies not small, unproven, or unprofitable companies.)<\/p>\n

Most wealthy Americans achieved their affluence not by inheritance or real estate speculation but by starting and owning profitable businesses. And these folks can be thankful they weren\u2019t deterred at the outset by naysayers and know-it-alls who tried to convince them the economy wasn\u2019t right or their timing was wrong or whatever.<\/p>\n

Of course, most of us don\u2019t have the time, the investment capital, or the experience necessary to found and run a successful business. But we can buy shares of the greatest businesses in the world through the stock market.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s easy. A click of the mouse \u2013 and a seven-dollar commission \u2013 and you\u2019re in.<\/p>\n

Another click \u2013 and another seven bucks \u2013 and you\u2019re out. (Compare that<\/em> to your typical real estate closing.) And if you buy publicly traded companies, as opposed to running your own private one, you don\u2019t have to apply for loans, hire employees, grapple with an avalanche of federal regulations, pay expensive accountants and attorneys, or even show up for work. What\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n

Of course, businesses can experience tough times. But they are adaptable. When sales take a downturn, they\u2019ll cut expenses to the bone and lay off unnecessary personnel. They\u2019ll refinance their debt at lower rates. They\u2019ll tighten up the ship any and every way they can to make the business as lean as possible. And then when even slightly higher sales start to materialize, it will translate into a big jump in earnings. Those who are still trying to understand how the companies that make up the S&P 500 reported all-time record profits in each of the last 11 quarters might want to read this paragraph again<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Once you start thinking in terms of owning businesses \u2013 as opposed to predicting elections, economies, interest rates, currencies, commodities and equity markets \u2013 it\u2019s clear how you should grow and protect your wealth. In fact, it\u2019s more than a little ironic that the very people I hear telling investors not to buy stocks are \u2013 overwhelmingly \u2013 business owners themselves. Their business is advising other people not<\/em> to buy businesses.<\/p>\n

Seems odd, but I guess there\u2019s good money in it.<\/p>\n

Of course, even if you follow the basic principles of stock market investment \u2013 sticking to quality, diversifying widely and buying at reasonable prices \u2013 you can still experience losses. That\u2019s normal. It shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise and it shouldn\u2019t deter you from investing in stocks.<\/p>\n

Indeed, there are three ironclad strategies that every investor should follow to maximize his stock market profits while keeping any losses strictly limited. And those are exactly the subject of Monday\u2019s column\u2026<\/p>\n

Good Investing,<\/p>\n

Alexander Green<\/p>\n

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And since we first mentioned the company back on May 14, its stock has steadily ticked higher \u2013 not to mention it sports a robust 8% yield.\u00a0 For more information on how you can receive this and our other daily recommendations along with your\u00a0Investment U<\/em>\u00a0issues for pennies a day,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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