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When markets are volatile and investors panic, articles about stock investing strategies are popping up like flowers in spring.

Here is a selection of what I have been reading this week and what is worth sharing with you.

Market Timing versus Buy-and-Hold

When stocks are falling like during the last few weeks, the debate between market timing and buy-and-hold advocates is often surfacing with extra vengeance and emotion.

Here is an argumentation why buy and hold is dead by Matthew McCall:

McCall’s Call: Buy-And-Ignore Is Dead

Others like Peter Brimelow explain At MarketWatch:

Forget market timing — buy dividend yield

Adam Bold provides the often heard argumentation why investors should buy and hold:

The Cost of Being Out of the Market

Personally I like this argumentation from Ron Finke more. He addresses this myth that you should hold your stocks and funds because you would miss otherwise those 10 biggest days. Please read this one:

Finke: Buy and hold?

Ken Winans argues in Forbes that long-term market timing outperforms Buy and Hold:

Bearish Warning from a System That's Beaten Buy-And-Hold Since 1979

At The Finance Buff we can expect over the coming weeks an interesting exploration of market timing:

Market Timing vs. Conservative Portfolio

Dividends, Bonds, and Index Funds

Barry Ritholtz explains the 3 goals you can have in the equity markets, how he is invested at this moment and what they do for their clients (note the “market timing”):

The Investor’s Dilemma: Panic or Plan?

Miranda Marquit plays devil’s advocate at Bargaineering:

Don’t Invest in Index Funds

Here are two articles by Kurtis Hemmerling at Seeking Alpha on investing for dividends:

The Income Investing Strategy That Boosted a Dividend By 500%

How to Get Huge Yields plus Large Capital Gains in Dividend Stocks

Mike from the Oblivious Investor gives here some solid information for all of you who consider investing in bonds. Maybe you are one of them now you see stocks falling deep.

Shifting Bond Maturities and My Latest Mistake

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Something complete different is this article from Out Of Your Rut on taking care of those who you leave behind:

6 Tips to Planning Your Estate and Avoiding Probate

And Trent from The Simple Dollar has written an interesting article on taking responsibility and not just blaming others when you do not get what you want:

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