Example of Buying Into Weakness – Investment Rule #1

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“Dude, suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something.” -Jake, “Adventure Time” A few days ago I wrote a post laying the foundation for my 10 rules for investing. In rule #1 we discussed what it means to buy into weakness. After some good dialogue with you guys in the comments of that post, it dawned on me to include a real example of what it actually looks like to buy into weakness. It was a comment by Mr. Maroon that helped spark the idea when she said: Enter Mrs. Maroon When we first started aggressively trying to save money for investments and actively watching our balances, we agreed that the very best approach was to …