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The only thing to remember about moving to cash is that it works extremely well, if and only if you have the nerve to deploy it when there is a rich opportunity set.

Yep I get it. This is how I imagine it would work.
- go to cash whenever, like now
- wait for the next crash or significant downturn
- re-enter when there is blood in the streets, defined by very poor breadth and posts here about either short or long-term bottom detectors signaling.

In my own case, I'm sitting in a decent spot regarding "retirement" which is coming up, I suppose.
Just have this nagging feeling that there is likely to be some significant downturn in the next year or three given the macro factors at play.
How nice it would be, for once, to have significant dry powder to deploy.

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