If so, you aren't alone.
Most investors look at their stocks at least a few times a week.
To immunize myself from ticker temptation I focus on earnings yield and not on price. I tend to become unhappy when a stock's earnings yield decreases which is often caused by rising prices. An earnings yield focus helps me to sell high and buy low. The application of an earnings yield approach is best demonstrated with the aid of the ABC Fundamental-Value fund's portfolio. Each stock in the portfolio is shown along with its earnings yield and dividend yield in Table 1.