Buy-and-Hold vs. Market Timing

Nov 17, 2011 at 6:31 pm in Fundamental Analysis by · Leave a Comment »

Reading some investment books, web sites, and printed journals will leave you with the impression that all you need to do is buy a supposedly-diversified FTSE 100 index tracking fund or Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and simply hold it for the long term of at least ten years.