Investors Prospered by Staying the Course

The long bull market made it easier to avoid buying high and selling low.

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There may be no more common mantra in the investing world than “buy low, sell high.” But study after study shows that investors tend to do the opposite—piling into stocks when the market is up and selling when it plummets.

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Ryan Ermey
Former Associate Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Ryan joined Kiplinger in the fall of 2013. He wrote and fact-checked stories that appeared in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and on Kiplinger.com. He previously interned for the CBS Evening News investigative team and worked as a copy editor and features columnist at the GW Hatchet. He holds a BA in English and creative writing from George Washington University.