{"id":442,"date":"2013-09-03T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esmartproducts.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=442"},"modified":"2013-09-03T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T08:19:07","slug":"taking-a-long-term-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/taking-a-long-term-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a long-term view"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Remember your reasons for investing in the first place <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stockmarkets can be unpredictable. They move frequently &#8211; and sometimes sharply &#8211; in both directions. It is important to take a long-term view (typically ten years or more) and remember your reasons for investing in the first place.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Be prepared to view the occasional downturns simply as part of a long-term investment strategy, and stay focused on your goal.<\/p>\n<p>Historically the longer you stay invested, the smaller the likelihood you will lose money and the greater the chance you will make money. Of course, it\u00eds worth remembering that past performance is not a guide to what might happen in the future and the value of your investments can go down as well as up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time to grow<\/strong><br \/>\nGive your money as much time as possible to grow &#8211; at least\u00a010 years is best. You\u00edll also benefit from \u00ebcompounding\u00ed, which is when the interest or income on your original capital begins to earn and grow too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Staying invested <\/strong><br \/>\nThere will be times of market volatility. Market falls are a natural feature of stockmarket investing. During these times it is possible that emotions overcome sound investment decisions &#8211; it is best to stay focused on your long-term goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u00edt try to time the market <\/strong><br \/>\nResist the temptation to change your portfolio in response to short-term market movement. Timing the markets seldom works in practice &#8211; and can make it too easy to miss out on\u00a0any gains.<\/p>\n<p>The golden rule to investing is allowing your investments sufficient time to achieve their potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember your reasons for investing in the first place Stockmarkets can be unpredictable. They move frequently &#8211; and sometimes sharply &#8211; in both directions. It is important to take a long-term view (typically ten years or more) and remember your reasons for investing in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dokanefinancialservices.co.uk\/financialnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}