Comments on: The Importance of Timing the Market http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/ A blog about trading, finances, success and life itself Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chrisperruna.com » Blog Archive » The Best of chrisperruna.com in 2007 http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-15752 chrisperruna.com » Blog Archive » The Best of chrisperruna.com in 2007 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/#comment-15752 [...] The Importance of Timing the Market [...] [...] The Importance of Timing the Market [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Chris Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:44:39 +0000 http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/#comment-738 Bill, This says it all: "Gotta put it ALL together. Stock-picking, broad market-timing, and position sizing/risk control. Recipe for long-term outperformance." Bill,
This says it all:
“Gotta put it ALL together. Stock-picking, broad market-timing, and position sizing/risk control. Recipe for long-term outperformance.”

]]> By: Bill aka NO DooDahs http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Bill aka NO DooDahs Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:39:26 +0000 http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/#comment-722 The relative performance of any level of stock-picker will be better if their view of the market coincides with the actual market conditions. Poor timing and poor sense of market direction will absolutely kill your returns, relative to what they would have been if your timing was either correct, or if you ignored broad market-timing issues. Lots of good stock-pickers and good traders are behind the market, or just keeping pace with it, because they had bearish and/or hedged postures for many months. Gotta put it ALL together. Stock-picking, broad market-timing, and position sizing/risk control. Recipe for long-term outperformance. The relative performance of any level of stock-picker will be better if their view of the market coincides with the actual market conditions. Poor timing and poor sense of market direction will absolutely kill your returns, relative to what they would have been if your timing was either correct, or if you ignored broad market-timing issues. Lots of good stock-pickers and good traders are behind the market, or just keeping pace with it, because they had bearish and/or hedged postures for many months.

Gotta put it ALL together. Stock-picking, broad market-timing, and position sizing/risk control. Recipe for long-term outperformance.

]]> By: andrey http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/comment-page-1/#comment-689 andrey Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:20:07 +0000 http://www.chrisperruna.com/2007/02/14/the-importance-of-timing-the-market/#comment-689 great post! great post!

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