Post #3343 by Mark19 on the Alphabet board

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I don't think hold till drop is the best way.

I think loosening the criteria is a better way.

For example, if a criteria percent rank relative strength is 90%, you could lower it to 70%.

You could combine multiple sell criteria into a sell screen.

I also don't think selling as frequently is a good strategy due to the amount of labor involved.

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I've always thought selling a bit when things seem high is fine and buying more when things have dropped is good as well. I'm not a believer of ever going all in on any type of strategy. I try to hedge my decisions and avoid a big mistake in investing or most things in life.

If I was young I would just buy and ignore in most cases. Now retired I can live with anything from 20% in stocks to 70%. Most of the time around 50%.

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Now retired I can live with anything from 20% in stocks to 70%. Most of the time around 50%.

Makes sense to me. As I recall, one of the later pieces of advice from Ben Graham was to always have between 25% and 75% in equities, and I wouldn't want to argue with him.

Given the current yields on stocks and bonds, the 25-50% area seems clearly more appropriate than the 75% end. It does to me, anyway.

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