How Closely Do You Watch Your Portfolio?

[Retired To Win]

Maybe it is because I invest in individual stocks, but I find it very wise to watch my portfolio closely. How closely I detail in my recent blog post
How I Stay On Top Of My Stocks:

http://retired-to-win.savingadvice.com/2014/04/09/how-i-stay-on-top-of-my-stocks_108229/

What do you do to keep up with your investments?

[bjl584]

I check it regularly.

I'm currently building cash. The bond market will be where the money is over the next couple years.

[Retired To Win]

I check it regularly.

I'm currently building cash. The bond market will be where the money is over the next couple years.

I am unintentionally building cash. My positions are selling at a profit* faster than I can put the money back into another position!

Here is more on how those stock sales get triggered...
*What Makes Me Sell a Stock?:

http://retired-to-win.savingadvice.com/2014/01/14/what-makes-me-sell-a-stock_106692/

Cheers!

[gambler2075]

Maybe it is because I invest in individual stocks, but I find it very wise to watch my portfolio closely. How closely I detail in my recent blog post
How I Stay On Top Of My Stocks:

http://retired-to-win.savingadvice.com/2014/04/09/how-i-stay-on-top-of-my-stocks_108229/

What do you do to keep up with your investments?

How actively? Well, maybe about 30-40 hours per week

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[snafu]

I like to add to our portfolio the last Tuesday of each month. By the 25th I've done quick check. When the statements are sent on-line or hard copy, I check the numbers. Wish I knew how to get DH interested.

[Retired To Win]

How actively? Well, maybe about 30-40 hours per week

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OMG!!

That is the equivalent of a full time job, Gambler! And I thought I had it rough putting in 10-12 hours a week on my portfolio monitoring...

[Retired To Win]

How actively? Well, maybe about 30-40 hours per week

Wow! That is a full-time job, Gambler.

I started asking myself <a href=http://retired-to-win.savingadvice.com/2014/05/17/should-i-still-work-at-investing_108959/>Should I Still Work At Investing?</a> long before my porfolio management started taking that much time.

I found that the answer for me was to work at investing just <a href=http://retired-to-win.savingadvice.com/2014/07/12/enough-time-for-enough-money_125299/>Enough Time For Enough Money</a>.

I am a much happier camper, now.

[krantcents]

Since I am on a computer all the time, I watch my portfolio everyday. I enjoy investing and learn something by monitoring my portfolio, market etc. I invest in mutual funds and individual stocks. I only make adjustments in my asset allocation annually.

[BuckyBadger]

I check it once or twice a month.

I have a three fund lazy portfolio (Total US Stock, Total US Bond, and Total International Stock) and all my contributions are automatic. I rebalance with new funds, and nothing gets out of whack fast enough that I can't tweak it every month or two.

I am a firm believer in index investing, owing the whole market, and ignoring the noise. For those reasons, there is absolutely nothing for me to check, because there is nothing in this world that could happen that would make me change course and alter what I'm doing.

I save myself a lot of time and heartache like this.

[farjana]

I check it often ....

[Peaples]

Too often, I never seem 100% satisfied and it bothers me so I check it again and so goes the cycle, good to know I'm not the only one though.

[Thrif-t]

Apparently not often enough as I was pleasantly surprised to see how high my Visa stock had gotten and that it split