If you have to liquidate the shares you have for a financial emergency, which are the shares you will sell? Will you sell the shares which are making a loss or sell the shares which have made the most profit ?
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Should you sell shares whose price has increased the most?
- Thread starter neku
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When you want to liquidate shares to meet your emergency needs, the first thing you sell is shares that are losing money or have no potential, because these shares will damage your portfolio. Secondly, you can also sell shares whose price has exceeded the intrinsic value.
I think the selling of the shares that make losses is like eradication for them leaving the one's that make pure profits.
I think is okay to sell shares that are performing poorly. But you must remember that the price may be discouraging and the amount you recovered from the sales may not be enough.
I don't sell the shares now,if I don't require money. I have learned that it's of no use to sell them for small profits. They yield more profits of you hold them for longer periods.
That as always been a good idea . it is good to keep holding them until the profit Is reasonable to make good of it.
If I need money urgently, I may sell shares which are making profits. For shares performing poorly, I'll take a wait and see approach and see if they will bounce back. I don't want to realize the loss in a rush.
