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Learn how to know when to sell a stock or investment. It’s listener question Friday! I had a question from a listener about their investment portfolio: Linda, It is my very first stock "try's" . A very dear friend of mine started this portfolio for me and she has tried to teach me a little about stocks along the way. I want to learn more. I just am looking for a little direction. I have about $100,000 to invest. This is outside the my emergency savings of about $75,000. _______ She sent me a list of her stocks and I could see a great many of them were not quality names nor were they profitable. It concerns me to hear that a friend is making your investing decisions. You want to be in control of your investments and know what you own and why. Why do you want to own certain companies? Are you familiar with the company or do you think the sector they are in is going to be fast growing and profitable? Remember you are buying businesses. I couldn’t tell the investment strategy from what I saw, so I’m a bit perplex