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๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐›๐ญ, "๐…๐ž๐ก๐ฅ๐ครค๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐ž" ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐š๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง


Time and again, I read about users who have admitted to making a bad purchase (great) but only want to part with it as soon as they can do so at a profit (not so great). In this article, we will look at why this is nonsense and why bad purchases should be sold as soon as possible - regardless of whether they are profitable or not. In this article, I'm talking about investment A, which you want to sell, and investment B, which you want to buy.


๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซรผ๐ง๐๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐›๐ญ ๐ž๐ฌ รผ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐š๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง?

Certainly many. But here we are mainly looking at two situations:


1) The investment case of A is no longer correct. For example, there are new findings about a company in which an investment was made that significantly reduce the potential returns. Another example would be an investment in a sector ETF for which the growth prospects have deteriorated. Or personal preferences have changed, e.g. because the risk in the portfolio needs to be reduced. In short: the reason why you invested in A is no longer valid. You want to get rid of A because it no longer fits into your portfolio.


2) A new investment case B has emerged that fits better into your strategy. So the investment case for A is still intact, but there is another investment opportunity that fits even better into your portfolio. For example, because you, as a risk-averse investor, have previously held a blockchain ETF, @stefan_21 but GetQuin has now shown you how you can easily hold Bitcoin yourself and you think the potential returns here are higher.


In purely rational terms, an investment is reallocated because another investment promises a higher return or a lower risk. As soon as you realize this, you should also reallocate.


๐‰๐š ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ž๐ญ๐ณ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ ๐ž๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง, ๐๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง. ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ค๐š๐ฎ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ง, ๐›๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐›๐ข๐ง?

Suppose you decide to switch from investment A to investment B due to higher returns. Then you assume that B will perform better than A in the future. If you wait until you are back in the black with A (assuming you ever get back into the black with A), B will probably have risen more than A in the meantime. At least that's what your investment case says. Compared to an immediate sale, if you wait and sell A at a profit, you can buy less of B from the proceeds of your sale. You also have to pay tax on your profit from the sale of A, which means you can afford even less B. If you had sold at a loss, no tax would have been due. If that was too theoretical for you, there's also a calculation example a little further down.


Let's assume you want to switch from investment A to a lower-risk investment B. For example, because you will need the money in the foreseeable future. Even then, it makes sense to sell A directly and invest in B (in this case, it could also be the call money account), as A - due to the higher risk - could fall significantly further and you want more stability in your portfolio.


๐๐ฅรถ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ง! ๐ˆ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ ๐š๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ [insert any reason here] ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€ ๐ค๐ฎ๐ซ๐ณ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐  ๐ฌ๐ญรค๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐. ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐”๐ฆ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ง.

If you're so sure about this and wait and see, you're market timing. If you're good at it (which I don't think you are, otherwise you wouldn't be in the red with A), you can of course speculate on it. But then you should shift everything into A, because you know that you will achieve an excess return with A. You don't want that? That's what I thought. So sell A immediately and invest in B.


๐ˆ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ก๐ญ รผ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ณ๐ž๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ. ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ ๐ž๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐š๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐›๐ž๐ข๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ž?

Of course. Assume A and B are each worth 100 euros on 01.06. You bought A for 110 euros and expect a higher return from B. We assume that you are correct with your investment case and that B achieves a higher return than A. If you do not have (sufficient) confidence in your investment case, this is a clear sign that you should take a closer look at the two investments and the current market situation.


๐’๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐š๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ: You wait until you are in the profit zone with A (115 euros to recoup the fees) and then switch to B. A actually rises to the desired 115 euros by 01.12. So you sell A for 115 euros, have to pay tax on the 5 euros profit and receive approx. 113.75 euros. As B increases more according to your investment theory, B has a value of 120 euros at this point. You buy approximately 0.948 B from your 113.75 euros.


๐’๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ: Here, too, you want to sell A for 115 euros and then switch to B. However, A does not perform as you had hoped. On the contrary. On 01.12., the price of A is only 95 euros. As B has now risen to 120 euros, you get nervous and switch to B at a loss. You don't have to pay any tax and receive just 0.792 B for your 95 euros.


๐’๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ‘: You sell A immediately and switch to B. As you are in the red, you do not have to pay taxes and receive exactly 1 B for your 100 euros. On 01.12. you don't care about the price of A, the price of B is 120 euros at the same time and you still have exactly 1 B.


๐’๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ’: You sell A for 115 euros. Even if B achieves a better return in the medium term, you catch a good time and can buy B for 114.50 euros. As tax is due on your 5 euro profit, you receive 113.75 euro and buy B for 0.993 euro.


So you can see that even if A performs slightly better than B, you will end up with more B and therefore more money if you sell immediately. In addition, you can certainly save yourself a few nerve-wracking glances at your portfolio because you invest directly in B, the investment you believe in, and don't have to hope that A, the investment you no longer believe in, will for some reason rise significantly more than B and you happen to catch the right time to sell and buy. You also fill your loss pot and can save tax if you sell another investment at a profit.


๐”๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ง ๐€ ๐๐จ๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญรค๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ญ?

This is of course possible. Assuming A rises to 115 euros by 01.12. while B only rises to 110 euros. Then, after tax, you can still invest 113.75 euros in B and could buy 1.034 B. However, this would contradict your well-analyzed investment case and would therefore be much less likely than a higher price gain for B. So you are betting against yourself. Sounds strange, but it is.


๐Ž๐ค๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฒ, ๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐š๐›๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ง. ๐‡๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ณ๐๐ž๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ก ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ง ๐“๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ ๐Ÿรผ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ก?

Yes, to come back to the calculation example: Imagine you had 100 euros at your free disposal. Would you then put this 100 euros into A or B? Probably in B. So get the 100 euros by selling A and put them into B!


Have you ever held on to a bad purchase for too long or do you always sell immediately when the investment case no longer fits?


#strategie
#verlust
#fehlkauf
#learn
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Very nice contribution! @ccf I have long left Wirecard as a reminder, until I thought to myself that nothing more happens there. So despite over 90% loss sold and invested the money elsewhere. Similarly, it was also with the Clean Energy ETF in which I had a lot of hope, but only later really noticed what cucumbers rumgammeln in there ...
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At the moment, it is simply difficult to work out which stocks you should part with, due to the bear market๐Ÿค”
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Very Good Item๐Ÿš€ Good Donkey, get a carrot๐Ÿฅ•
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@ccf I faced exactly the same problem at the beginning. That's why I can really empathize with it. Thanks for the post on this. Could be very useful to newbies and unsure investors ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Š
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Did not see the post on trending at all and admittedly only read the first 2 sentences, trust you there but that it is EXACTLY WHAT I you letztens already times in a comment had touched on. Important post, dankeโค๏ธ
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strong post, bit little emojis but otherwise a @ccf for it
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@ccf super contribution ๐Ÿš€
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you can also be serious @ccf
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