How often do you check your investments?

Adyinvestment

Would have like a poll but do not seem to be able to set one up.

I am new to investing (last few months) but seem to check into my accounts at least twice a day and sometimes more  

I have my pension with Vanguard and get annoyed it is only updated once a day!

My ISA and stocks are with IG Trading which is updated in real time and I find it fascinating - is this because I am new? How often do you check your portfolio?

Edi81

Once a fortnight or so for stocks and shares ISA (all funds). 

Pension once every 6 months - it’s still 25+ years until I will take it. 

MovingForwards

Every Friday morning over coffee.

Thrugelmir

If you are investing in individual shares then you need to monitor the share price constantly. I use alerts.  Prices can move very quickly within a trading day.  Particularly if you are considering buying or selling a certain stock. 

sevenhills

Adyinvestment said:

I am new to investing (last few months) but seem to check into my accounts at least twice a day and sometimes more

I thought it was just me, with my shares, being a little OCD

My broadband is off at the moment, so suffering withdrawl symptoms

dunstonh

I have my pension with Vanguard and get annoyed it is only updated once a day! 

Vanguard use FNZ as the software supplier and FNZ support live pricing of assets.   If you are not getting live pricing then its either because Vanguard has disabled that configuration or you are not investing in assets that have live pricing but are only valued once a day (like UT/OEICs).

 How often do you check your portfolio?

About once a year unless an alert triggers telling me otherwise.

quirkydeptless

Far too often!

Old_Lifer

I monitor a handful of small companies in which I hold shares early each day.   I note the share price in passing but am really looking for company announcements at that stage of the day and may then go back later and read  any wider news which effects the company.    I visit  the chat rooms  daily but don't contribute.   Share prices of small companies go up and down all the time, so I only really pay attention to the share price if there has been a particularly large movement either way.

My main portfolio is largely   (and increasingly nowadays)   ITs. and I only really look at it when there has been a large movement in markets.

trickydicky14

Too often,
advice, chill

redpete

I note the prices once a week.  Mainly just to track value rather than inform sell / buy decisions. Pensions funds the same but I check overall value allocation once a month as I adjust the destination of my monthly contributions whilst I am rebalancing.
I enjoy playing with spreadsheets so it's almost a hobby.

El_Torro

I go through phases. Sometimes I'll check it a couple of times a week, sometimes I ignore it for a month or two. I only own funds so I don't need to check them regularly.

I have a rule though that I only make changes once a year. If I didn't impose this rule on myself I'd be too inclined to change my strategy constantly, thereby hurting my long term returns.