Should You Watch Stock Ticker as a Long Term Investor?

If you are one of those who can buy the stock and can just sit idle; then make it a point not to watch the stock ticker regularly as it can affect your decision taking ability.

I will say that do not watch the ticker; unless you have a mind which is immune to what the ticker is doing, you really should not be looking at the prices of your stocks any more than once a month (actually, once per quarter is ideal).

Moreover if you really want to see the ticker; than make sure that when you do look at prices, do so at a time when the market is shut and when you are in a stable frame of mind. In fact, I would suggest that you don't watch the financial news channels or your CNBC terminal during market hours.

That's one way to prevent your reflex brain being tempted into poorly thought through investment decisions.

As the father of behavioural analysis and Nobel laureate, Daniel Kahneman says, "If owning stocks is a long-term project for you, following their changes constantly is a very, very bad idea. It's the worst possible thing you can do, be cause people are so sensitive to short term losses. If you count your money every day, you'll be miserable."

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