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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 697257" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Interesting article on cashing out on the market to minimize downside risk, then trying to time the market to get back in to capture the upside. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/heres-what-can-happen-if-you-flee-the-stock-market-for-cash.html?recirc=taboolainternal" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/heres-what-can-happen-if-you-flee-the-stock-market-for-cash.html?recirc=taboolainternal</a></p><p></p><p><em>Even if you think you’ll just wait it out for a few weeks to see what happens, be aware that six of the S&P’s 10 best-performing days during the 20-year period occurred within two weeks of the 10 worst days, according to J.P. Morgan....</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>...</em></p><p><em>Of course, there’s always the chance that you could get the timing right — i.e., you sell at the top of the market and buy at its bottom.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>For illustration purposes only: Say you had sold 10 shares of an S&P 500 fund when the index peaked in October 2007 at 1,565, and then repurchased shares when it bottomed in March 2009 at 666. In that case, your money would buy 23 shares — more than double the amount you sold.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Basically, you better time it right. Of course, that can be said of all investments.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 697257, member: 360"] Interesting article on cashing out on the market to minimize downside risk, then trying to time the market to get back in to capture the upside. [URL]https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/heres-what-can-happen-if-you-flee-the-stock-market-for-cash.html?recirc=taboolainternal[/URL] [I]Even if you think you’ll just wait it out for a few weeks to see what happens, be aware that six of the S&P’s 10 best-performing days during the 20-year period occurred within two weeks of the 10 worst days, according to J.P. Morgan....[/I] [I] ... Of course, there’s always the chance that you could get the timing right — i.e., you sell at the top of the market and buy at its bottom. For illustration purposes only: Say you had sold 10 shares of an S&P 500 fund when the index peaked in October 2007 at 1,565, and then repurchased shares when it bottomed in March 2009 at 666. In that case, your money would buy 23 shares — more than double the amount you sold. [/I] Basically, you better time it right. Of course, that can be said of all investments. [/QUOTE]
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