Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you didn’t do it in February then just leave it alone b
Yep. And the number of people who think they know where the market is going is just ridiculous. Even economists and bankers have no idea, but joe schlepo on the internet of course knows![]()
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not messing with my 401k but pulled all my other investments our when Dow was at 26,000. This is going to get much worse before it gets better. Will probably put money back in in April or May when Dow will probably be down to 14,000 to 15,000. The markets aren’t going to go up when we have 10,000+ deaths from this, if not hundreds of thousands. I’m not riding the elevator all the way down to 0.
NYT story says new modeling shows hundreds of thousands of death is a best case scenario if everyone stays home for 3-4 months. Downside is 2.2 million deaths in US. This isn’t over by April or May by a long shot.
That said a chunk of my money is in the stock market because I intend to use it over the next 10-30 years so I am leaving that chunk there.
I think a good test is whether you are willing to lose half the money you have in the stock market in the short term. If not, consider a less risky investment
Anonymous wrote:If you didn’t do it in February then just leave it alone b
 Anonymous wrote:Not messing with my 401k but pulled all my other investments our when Dow was at 26,000. This is going to get much worse before it gets better. Will probably put money back in in April or May when Dow will probably be down to 14,000 to 15,000. The markets aren’t going to go up when we have 10,000+ deaths from this, if not hundreds of thousands. I’m not riding the elevator all the way down to 0.
Anonymous wrote:I know a lot of people pulling out and will put it in again near the bottom.
 Anonymous wrote:Not messing with my 401k but pulled all my other investments our when Dow was at 26,000. This is going to get much worse before it gets better. Will probably put money back in in April or May when Dow will probably be down to 14,000 to 15,000. The markets aren’t going to go up when we have 10,000+ deaths from this, if not hundreds of thousands. I’m not riding the elevator all the way down to 0.
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, only idiots are pulling their money out. There is a boatload of evidence that shows that market timing is a losers strategy.
Now if you have a bunch of cash sitting around and you are willing to take a moderate amount of risk, it's hard to argue with buying stocks at a 40% discount (russell 2000).