Anyone else regret selling?

[Anonymous]

Moved my daughter's 529 from 50% to 100% money market. Didn't lose that much because the other 50% was a very conservative "portfolio for today" account that had only about 15% in equities. I lost a little but had peace of mind considering she is starting college next year.

[Anonymous]

We didn’t sell anything. We did buy. If you have regret, you need a new financial advisor. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

These are the dumbest posts.

Pull up any S&P 500 chart and put in MAX for the timeline and stare at it. Through wars, recessions, bubbles, busts, pandemics, stupid people in power... no matter. See that graph representing what innovative, ruthlessly profit driven, capital employing, human productivity powered companies have done, on the aggregate.

The probability of any money put into the market at any time growing over time is as close to a certainty as you can get. It's essentially a guarantee, proven out over decades.

Pick any day on the graph and it likely was a high or close to it for that point in time, but not over all time. Its a self similar graph that essentially always trends up no matter what time span you look at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the dumbest posts.

Pull up any S&P 500 chart and put in MAX for the timeline and stare at it. Through wars, recessions, bubbles, busts, pandemics, stupid people in power... no matter. See that graph representing what innovative, ruthlessly profit driven, capital employing, human productivity powered companies have done, on the aggregate.

The probability of any money put into the market at any time growing over time is as close to a certainty as you can get. It's essentially a guarantee, proven out over decades.

Pick any day on the graph and it likely was a high or close to it for that point in time, but not over all time. Its a self similar graph that essentially always trends up no matter what time span you look at.

So you don’t believe in the risk premium at all?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, I didn’t sell because I don’t suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. As we tried telling you at the time, your behavior was totally unhinged and counter to the most fundamental principles of investing.

It was especially absurd given that Trump already had a four-year run in which the market averaged 15%+, one of the best presidential records in history. Yet, you people kept droning on and on about a Great Depression 2.0 and saying this would be like the complete collapse of the stock market in tsarist Russia. Truly insane stuff.

(Btw, not only did I not lose money, but I actually made money by investing in Tesla when it was being dumped, again for no reason other than Elon Derangement Syndrome.)

So, sorry, but I feel no sympathy for you people. We all make mistakes, but yours were based on psychotic hatred. Ideally, you’d cure the hatred. But if that’s too hard, in the future, at least limit your hatred to cutting off family members who voted for Trump—and keep your investments separate from your politics.

Lol, is this supposed to be an “own” and disprove what I said? Your own chart proves me right.

Try downloading an investment calculator. Under the eight years of Obama, the S&P went from 850 to 2263, which is a compound annual rate of 12.3%. Under the four years of Trump, it went from 2263 to 3798, which is a compound annual rate of 13%. (Note this figure only includes the price level of the S&P 500. When dividends are included and reinvested to capture the true total return, Trump’s compound annual rate is over 15%, exactly as I suggested.)

So Obama got to start with perfect timing, just as the market was bottoming following a 57% crash and the worst recession since the Great Depression—and he still couldn’t match Trump! Clinton’s record was slightly better than Trump’s because he got the benefit of the dot-com boom. This is why I said that Trump had “one of the best” records, not the very best.

I know it’s painful to have your worldview shattered, but please try to cope as best you can. And by the way, everything I’ve written above just further corroborates that it was totally absurd for people to believe, just two months ago, that the stock market was going to zero like in 1917 Russia. I will therefore reiterate: any money you people lost was your own fault for indulging in Trump Derangement Syndrome, and you should look inside!

Learn to read a graph.

Obama +181.1%
Trump + 67.3%

I'm probably a lot older than you, and I used to be an actual R, not a RINO - Trump's version of R. And my stock portfolio did best under Clinton.

The PP is going to jump all over you because you don't understand annualizing the returns....

[Anonymous]

Generally speaking, I never sell during a downturn. I proverbially close my eyes and stick my fingers in my ears. But, if you needed it, you needed it.

If you panic sold, you might want to try my tried and true method (eyes and ears shut).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course not. The people on here are deranged and have no sense of perspective when it comes to the stock market. All anyone talked about was the coming Great Depression a month and a half ago. Now we are closing in on an all time high again. Predictable and hilarious. Keep investing in the S&P 500 and never sell. Anything else is foolish.

Same people will be out there again when market inevitably goes back down 5-10%. End of the world, etc. I’ll just keep plowing money in and accept the discounts that are needed to see true growth over a long time horizon.

I still think we are on a path to recession.

Temporary good weeks on stock market is not a sign that economy has improved.

Just wait until until they bomb Iran next week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moved my daughter's 529 from 50% to 100% money market. Didn't lose that much because the other 50% was a very conservative "portfolio for today" account that had only about 15% in equities. I lost a little but had peace of mind considering she is starting college next year.

Definitely a smart move, when college is right around the corner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't sell but I am holding cash that was intended for investment during that time. I'm ok with that decision.

+1

So you’re content losing money to inflation? The best time to get in the market is always right now.

It’s earning 4%+. I’m good. I bought in 2008, but I’m watching and waiting.

Is 2008 the last time you bought stocks?!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't sell but I am holding cash that was intended for investment during that time. I'm ok with that decision.

+1

So you’re content losing money to inflation? The best time to get in the market is always right now.

It’s earning 4%+. I’m good. I bought in 2008, but I’m watching and waiting.

Is 2008 the last time you bought stocks?!

Nope. I just meant I usually buy dips. Made a lot then, but I’m not convinced we won’t have stagflation before long and/or that Trump can right the ship this time around.

I’m trying to decide if I want to use my cash position for real estate, a PE investment that we already have $$ in, or international stocks. Just bought a piece of land last month. Will also put all my tax cut $$ to funding Dems. 😉

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These are the dumbest posts.

Pull up any S&P 500 chart and put in MAX for the timeline and stare at it. Through wars, recessions, bubbles, busts, pandemics, stupid people in power... no matter. See that graph representing what innovative, ruthlessly profit driven, capital employing, human productivity powered companies have done, on the aggregate.

The probability of any money put into the market at any time growing over time is as close to a certainty as you can get. It's essentially a guarantee, proven out over decades.

Pick any day on the graph and it likely was a high or close to it for that point in time, but not over all time. Its a self similar graph that essentially always trends up no matter what time span you look at.

So you don’t believe in the risk premium at all?

Haha no risk according to the pp.

I'm pretty sure the pp isn't interested in learning about history (or even googling it).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, I didn’t sell because I don’t suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. As we tried telling you at the time, your behavior was totally unhinged and counter to the most fundamental principles of investing.

It was especially absurd given that Trump already had a four-year run in which the market averaged 15%+, one of the best presidential records in history. Yet, you people kept droning on and on about a Great Depression 2.0 and saying this would be like the complete collapse of the stock market in tsarist Russia. Truly insane stuff.

(Btw, not only did I not lose money, but I actually made money by investing in Tesla when it was being dumped, again for no reason other than Elon Derangement Syndrome.)

So, sorry, but I feel no sympathy for you people. We all make mistakes, but yours were based on psychotic hatred. Ideally, you’d cure the hatred. But if that’s too hard, in the future, at least limit your hatred to cutting off family members who voted for Trump—and keep your investments separate from your politics.

Hear hear someone whose not ignorant for once in this forum

[Anonymous]

I hate Trump and everything he stands for but that didn’t stop me from making quite a bit of money on his tariff nonsense. Buy when everyone else is selling has worked for me in stocks and real estate.

[Anonymous]

I bought. Up 22%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't sell but I am holding cash that was intended for investment during that time. I'm ok with that decision.

Same. Due to various reasons, my 401K moved into cash when Vanguard wanted to sell their small business 401K holdings to a second company. When I moved the account to Fidelity, I kept it in cash and am glad I did.