Topic: How To Invest

What is Pat’s commentary for the week of December 8, 2015

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Many investors are reading the news intently these days, in hopes of spotting a sign that the drop in oil prices has ended. They assume that if they get in at just the right moment, they’ll be able to take advantage of another of the violent upswings that the oil market has put on in the past, after a downturn like the one now underway. One investor wrote: “When oil dropped, I waited but not long enough. I bought $50,000 of Chevron and $40,000 of Imperial. Imperial is down about $4,000 and I have a $2,000 profit on Chevron. I’m thinking about selling the Chevron and maybe wait to see if it drops more later. I have to ride out the Imperial Oil.” This is a bad way to invest, but especially in a volatile, worldwide market like oil, and all the more so today. It’s easy to look at a long-term history of oil prices and detect what you feel is…