Tips for not obsessively checking investments

Vitor

Checking daily is like weighing yourself after every biscuit. It doesn’t change the outcome, just your mood.

boingy

I check much more often when the markets are going up. In downturns I switch off and try to ignore it. 
The joys of being human....

Eco_Miser

Vitor said:

Checking daily is like weighing yourself after every biscuit. It doesn’t change the outcome, just your mood.

I weigh myself daily, and check my investments monthly.

In both cases I note that the number is up/down as I record the data, then just continue my life. 

chiang_mai

I also review my SIPP holdings daily, sometimes to check on performance, sometimes to see if I can look at things differently and to see if there's anything I've missed. Manmy times I'll look to see if I can correlate the news to my portfolio performance. But those things don't mean that I act and make changes frequently, I have a strict hands off policy except once a month when I'm allowed to adjust, if necessary. I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing, to have that level of interest, I don't think I'd term it compulsive, I have time on my hands and am interested in the subject.