How do you value, see and determine which stocks are to buy and keep and which are those to buy/sell to earn some quick income? Always have this problem trying to value the stocks, thanks in advance?

More or less decide before you even enter:

• whether this is a buy/sell for quick profit stock (high volatility growth stock)
• long term for dividends, long term capital appreciation (blue chip company, stable etc)
• any exit price in mind you may have (eg take profit at 20% price increase)
• whether you will be over or under concentrated in a certain industry, or country by buying or selling a stock

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If you want to buy and hold, you need to look at quantitative and qualitative metrics of a company.

If you want to buy/sell to earn some quick income, I'd think any stock with huge volatility will do, isn't it.

Consider the reason why you purchased them:

• If it is for long-term value investing, consider the strength of their balance sheet, profitability of their business models if there is any sudden changes that calls for a keep to sell.

• If it is about short-term/ mid-term trend investing, consider if the stock is overbought/ oversold and what this means in relation to their resistance and support levels. Pay attention to indicators such as MACD/ Moving average crossovers to decide if it is the right timing to sell/ buy more.

Hope this helps!

Hi Shandy,

It's really an art, and sometimes science (if you look at technical analysis).

I think the investment horizon needs to be long, so that you can ride on the good waves when the tide is high, and don't sink under when the tide is low.

For quick income, you might want to deep dive into the world of trading, perhaps. ​​​