{"id":932,"date":"2014-07-03T08:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T08:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsfin.co.uk\/news\/?p=932"},"modified":"2014-07-03T08:35:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T08:35:07","slug":"taking-a-long-term-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/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>Stock markets can be unpredictable. They move frequently \u2013 and sometimes sharply \u2013 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 goals.<\/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&#8217;s 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 \u2013 at least\u00a010 years is best. You&#8217;ll also benefit from &#8216;compounding&#8217;, 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 stock market investing. During these times, it is possible that emotions overcome sound investment decisions \u2013 it is best to stay focused on your<br \/>\nlong-term goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t try to time the market <\/strong><br \/>\nResist the temptation to change your portfolio in response to short-term market movement. &#8216;Timing&#8217; the markets seldom works in practice 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 Stock markets can be unpredictable. They move frequently \u2013 and sometimes sharply \u2013 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":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vizionwealth.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}