Some people earn lots of money in this market, others have lost all their money. That is a shame, but it is the reality. I've personally won more than less, but others do not. You experience?
Nope, I have never emptied my portfolio and I do not plan to do so unless I see a better avenue to invest, to be honest, I just bought more shares in a company that has been issuing very good dividend payments. I'm planning to reinvest in that company until I have a big amount of dividend that is being paid to me. the only better option that shares in a company is if you start a company that has a future for success or if you invest heavily in Real Estate.
Yeah I've lost money and emptied accounts a couple of times. However, I trade high risk securities and sometimes in high risk sectors, so it's expected.
I own a low risk, defensive buy & hold portfolio for dividend income, so no I never empty it. I do sell some things once in a while but the majority of the shares will probably stay there until the day I die.
I am a trader and an investor. I have emptied my trading portfolio many times when I take profits or close all my open trades. I do this often on the trading account that I use for holding currencies and commodities. I use my investment account for buying and holding stocks, I have had to buy stocks that I sell in few weeks or months for short term profits but I have never emptied my portfolio before instead I add more investments to it.
I got married and divorced. So you can see where my money went to. It sent to the lawyers to get my divorce settled. It was a really bummer. Just when you think you are making decent money on trading, outside forces will take it away from you and it's heart wrenching to say the least.
Tradeking forced me to I had a cash account that i didn't want. In an effort to transfer my securities to an IRA account i was forced to liquidate and reset my portfolio.
I actually emptied my portfolio recently-to pay for further studies. I am now trying to replenish my portfolio as the market is set for a boom, or so I hear. Also, there has been some new innovations in my country where I no longer have to go directly to a broker to buy, I can buy directly from the market on a stock market platform that they now have developed in my country.