I know that timing the market is almost impossible, but i’ve gotta be doing something wrong here. please advise

So i do a lot of research before i buy a stock. i’m fairly new to the investing world, and as of this post have invested about $7,000. i bought my first stock in March

I currently have shares in SQ, WMT, V and most recently, AAPL. every single stock i have bought, without fail, lost about 15% value in the first day or two and it takes months to recover.

as of this post, my apple shares have lost $8.60/share in value since i bought them friday. before that, SQ lost $15/share in the first three days, WMT $4/share and V $7/share. of course i didn’t sell them, and all of my shares are now positive, but i’m obviously doing something wrong if they drop so significantly in the first few days. what am i missing here?

if i had waited til today, i would have been able to buy the same 8 apple shares for almost $100 less than i spent on friday. they might even drop even lower than that in the next few weeks

Submitted September 10, 2018 at 10:40AM by ma7faza https://ift.tt/2wZHgqN