ride winners

English translation: upward-trending stocks/funds

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English term or phrase:ride winners
Selected answer:upward-trending stocks/funds
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

05:04 Jun 4, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / Investment strategies
English term or phrase: ride winners
Context:
Hamill, Rattray, and Van Hemert (2016) argued that this is because trend followers add to winning positions (ride winners) and reduce losing positions (cut losers), much like a dynamic replication of an option straddle strategy.
Nam Vo
Vietnam
Local time: 16:12
ride out (hold) upward-trending stocks/funds
Explanation:
this is about momentum investing where
investors buy into winning positions or funds/stocks that have performed well in the past with upward price trend) and let these winning positions ride out the period (sit on them) while they are still in a rising trend (and this trend could last for years)
and cutting (selling) all losing positions=downward-trending (or funds/stocks that have underperformed in the past)

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/momentum_investing.asp


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4 +1ride out (hold) upward-trending stocks/funds
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ride out (hold) upward-trending stocks/funds


Explanation:
this is about momentum investing where
investors buy into winning positions or funds/stocks that have performed well in the past with upward price trend) and let these winning positions ride out the period (sit on them) while they are still in a rising trend (and this trend could last for years)
and cutting (selling) all losing positions=downward-trending (or funds/stocks that have underperformed in the past)

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/momentum_investing.asp


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Note added at 9 days (2019-06-13 10:15:06 GMT) Post-grading
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 09:12
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