Stock Market Patterns Can Help Set Next Year's Investment Plan

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For most investors, 2011 has been a tough year. Few shares have escaped the stock market's rollercoaster ride, which seemed to bear little relation to trading news from companies themselves. But, there were some useful patterns which should help investors in 2012. The key will be to set an investment plan that looks beyond day-to- day volatility.

Amidst the volatility, it is easy to miss some strong performers amongst growth businesses. For example, software group ARM has gained almost 40% in the year. But, it had six days in which it fell more than 5%. Fortunately, there were three times as many extremely positive days. Gold gained 20% in 2011, reflecting fears about currencies and printing money, but on the way it had a 15% setback in September. Many other growth businesses beat the FTSE-100 Index handsomely - Weir Group, Wood Group and Burberry, for example - but gave investors a nervous ride.

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Stock Market Patterns Can Help Set Next Year's Investment Plan

Understandably, many investors were unnerved by this experience, finding it a challenge to keep faith with a company when its sha...

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