Three signals to watch for safer investing

When you've been investing for a while, you come to notice certain signals that the stock market throws up, says Tom Bulford. Here, he outlines three that should keep you one step ahead of the market's movements.

All investors live in fear that there are important things going on about which they are unaware. As soon as they buy a share they start to wonder whether they have done the right thing. Suddenly all their optimistic justifications for buying the share are replaced by a host of doubts. They watch every tick of a share price, hoping to find some clue about what's going to happen to their money.

The problem is, most investors don't know what they're looking for. But when you've been in the game for a while, you come to understand that the stock market does throw off some 'action signals' that can help you to sidestep these anxieties

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Tom worked as a fund manager in the City of London and in Hong Kong for over 20 years. As a director with Schroder Investment Management International he was responsible for £2 billion of foreign clients' money, and launched what became Argentina's largest mutual fund. Now working from his home in Oxfordshire, Tom Bulford helps private investors with his premium tipping newsletter, Red Hot Biotech Alert.