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Meanings
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Commonplace investment advice, recommending that a prospective investor purchase an asset at a low cost and sell it later for a high price.
Any savvy investor knows the basic principle of investment: buy low, sell high.
2011 May 14, Jennifer Hill, “The 10 biggest investment pitfalls (and how to avoid them)”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 05 Oct 2015:The old investment adage “buy low, sell high” makes perfect intuitive sense, but folks like William O’Neil would prefer to “buy high and sell higher.”
2006 December 11, John P. Reese, “Buying High, Selling Higher”, in Forbes, retrieved 05 Oct 2015:[T]he art of broadcasting, writes William Paley, "is to know what the public is seeking before the public even knows it is looking for something else." As a guide, that advice is about as useful as buy low, sell high.
1979 March 26, Gerald Clarke, “Books: Man Behind The Tube”, in Time, retrieved 05 Oct 2015:
Relateds
value investing · be greedy when others are fearful · buy when it snows, sell when it goes · buy and hold · sell in May and go away · buy high, sell higher · buy the dip · value trap
Translations (6)
de kaufe günstig, verkaufe teuer (commonplace investment advice) · de kaufe niedrig, verkaufe hoch (commonplace investment advice) · hu vedd meg olcsón, add el drágán (commonplace investment advice) · fi osta halvalla, myy kalliilla (commonplace investment advice) · ayl إشري اليوم بالرخيص و بيع غدوا بالغالي (commonplace investment advice) · cmn 低買高賣 /低买高卖 (commonplace investment advice)