I have a rough idea of a strategy for what to do when a stock I hold goes down. I can dollar cost average to lower my cost basis. This strategy works as long as I have money to throw at the stock and if I assume that the stock will go up again. That’s a big assumption, I know.
What do you guys do when you hold a stock that has made gains and is up? When and how much do you sell?
For a while I thought that I should hold for a year or more to pay the lower long ...

A planned merger by two of the largest tanker operators in the world—Euronav and Frontline—has fallen through and the two companies will not make another attempt to combine their business.
“We regret that we could not complete the merger as envisaged in July 2022, as that would have created the by far largest publicly listed tanker company. At the same time, both companies have independently very large fleets of crude oil and product tankers, and are a...

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BTIG technical strategist Jonathan Krinsky said in a note to clients on Wednesday afternoon that the market may already be pricing in a positive report tomorrow, which could create some large selling if inflation is hotter than expected.
“As with any ‘binary’ eve...

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Luckily, reprieve could be on the way with oil markets having reacted positively to...