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Published on Friday, Jul 04, 2008
Buying and holding is a tried and true investing standard. But sometimes there are good reasons to sell a stock in your portfolio. Motley Fool.com offers these three signs that it's time to sell:
• Selfish management. If the executive team starts worrying more about lining its own pockets than creating value with the business, it's time to let go. Keep an eye on excessive compensation, aggressive accounting, active insider selling and declining market share.
• Competitive disadvantages. Competitive advantages lead businesses to high returns on capital and equity, and they include things such as a strong brand. But if your company is facing weak pricing power, a declining customer base and lower market share, it's probably at a disadvantage.
• An unstable financial model. Think stable or rising margins, tight control over working capital, steadily increasing sales, loads of cash from operations and a huge surplus on the balance sheet.
Buying and holding is a tried and true investing standard. But sometimes there are good reasons to sell a stock in your portfolio. Motley Fool.com offers these three signs that it's time to sell:
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