Share Trading - The Link Between Patience And Profitability

In recent years we have seen more and more people making the decision to invest their

money into the stock market themselves, rather than relying on fund managers. That's all well and good but unfortunately a lot of people do not have the patience to hold on to stocks for the long-term.

Fund managers are entirely focused on the long-term. They invest huge amounts of money into the stock market on behalf of their clients so they obviously need to generate decent returns in order to hold on to these customers and attract new ones.

Individual investors, however, are under even more pressure because it is their own savings that are on the line. This responsibility brings with it a whole range of emotions and it can become difficult to make rational decisions.

This is why one of the main attributes you need if you want to make consistent long-term profits is patience. You need to be able to hold on to long-term investments for several years if necessary. You don't want to be dipping in and out of the market all the time trying to place lots of short-term trades.

The best investors, such as Warren Buffett, for example, are prepared to hold on to shares for years and years. The reason why is because this enables them to generate income from two sources - capital growth and dividends.

If you only hold on to shares for a few weeks or months, you will primarily be relying on capital growth so will only have one way of making money, whereas the patient long-term investor will be looking for capital growth each year and will be receiving some nice dividend payouts. Plus their profits will be magnified even further if they reinvest these dividends back into the market shortly after they receive them.

So the point I want to get across in this article is that stock market investing is something that requires both patience and discipline. Yes you can make short-term profits taking long or short positions on various stocks, but most people quickly lose a lot of money trading this way.

It's generally a lot easier to invest in quality large-cap stocks that are increasing their earnings and dividends each year, and hold on to them for many years. That way you can enjoy big capital growth and you can give yourself a reliable income stream at the same time.

by: James Woolley

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