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Investment Timing.....

scoot65 · 2019-08-12 12:22:44

I'm fairly new to investing, about 18 months. I have a S&S ISA (HSBC Global Strategy bal. and VLS 60). I'm aware of the "time in the market" rather than "timing the market" argument, however I've still managed to do the newbie mistake of trying to 'time the market' Since May I've had £20k ready to go into my ISA. I've been…

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

17 August 2019 at 12:49PM

Audaxer wrote: »

So for those relying on income from total return, I'm still not sure how they decide when is the best time to sell?

As your own figures illustrate. A series of mistimings could be extremely detrimental. Markets have been somewhat placid in recent years. Volatility isn't actually anything unusual.

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