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Stay calm; think through your choices in a falling market

A stock-market drop can be a great opportunity to buy shares, but this makes sense only if they are shares in good companies

    • Over the long term, a good company’s profit should improve, especially if the business is well managed and is able to take advantage of the prevailing conditions.
    • Over the long term, a good company’s profit should improve, especially if the business is well managed and is able to take advantage of the prevailing conditions. PHOTO: PIXABAY
    Published Tue, Apr 22, 2025 · 05:15 PM

    IF MAKING money was easy, we would all be rich. That is how the saying goes. But making money can be easy – especially if we have the patience to allow our investments to grow, mature and reward us in the process.

    I am an unashamed long-term investor. I do not believe that there are any get-rich-quick schemes in the financial markets. At least there aren’t any that I can think of that are legal.

    Some traders might think differently. They believe that they can jump in and out of shares and make a quick turn in the process. But investors who think that they can make a quick buck on the stock markets are often bitterly disappointed.

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