Post #3660 by mungofitch on the Mechanical Investing board

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The S&P 500 is up 14% from the low on 4/8/2025.
Was that the bottom?

No. Sell everything.
I'm serious, but obviously nobody knows : )

Totally unsupported prediction: Prices will go a little higher and you'll feel a little bad, then they will go a lot lower and you'll feel just fine.
When things get cheap, buy some really good stuff that's on sale. Spend the time between now and then deciding what you'd buy, and at what price.

Then of course things will get cheaper for a while before they rebound, so you'll feel bad again for a little while : )

Net result: "You make most of your money in bear markets, you just don't know it at the time"

Jim

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