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Introduction to How to Monitor Your Portfolio, Part 2

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Learn how to monitor your portfolio to make sure it's on track; this course covers how to pay attention to the companies you invest in.

What you will learn

  • How to Review the Fundamentals of Your Stocks
  • Watch Valuations and Rapid Price Moves
  • Inspect Earnings and Monitor Dividends

What do you know?

Introduction to How to Monitor Your Portfolio, Part 2

With cable financial-news programs, stock newsletters and tip sheets, and investment Websites, you’d think that investors watch their stock portfolios 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Such mega-monitoring would be overkill. True, stocks require more attention than mutual funds do. And in a volatile market, changes can happen quickly. Still, the managing of your stock portfolio comes down to making sure your stocks continue to meet your investment criteria.

Here’s how to monitor your stock portfolio without turning it into a full-time job.