With markets higher than any time in history

[marko]

As usual, Marko is correct.

Can you forward that comment to my DW? She wouldn't ever believe it.

 

[corn18]

Invest when you have money, withdraw when you need it. It's just that simple.

 

[FREE866]

Umm, no.
When all-time highs hit, as often they do, put new $$$ into your settlement fund and just wait.
A buying opportunity will soon come...

History tells us the hitting of the all time high is the buying opportunity.

All-Time Highs in the Stock Market are Usually Followed by More All-Time Highs - A Wealth of Common Sense

How to think about investing at all-time highs.

awealthofcommonsense.com

 

[cyber888]

I will rebalance a bit to 60/40. I'm now 68/32. 20% - 60% Tariffs will cause some turbulence. But it's not just tariffs, deporting 10-20 million will cause problems in the labor market for farms and agriculture. Expecting food prices going up.

 

[TheWizard]

History tells us the hitting of the all time high is the buying opportunity.

All-Time Highs in the Stock Market are Usually Followed by More All-Time Highs - A Wealth of Common Sense

How to think about investing at all-time highs.

awealthofcommonsense.com

Well, what can I say.
History is wrong...

 

[kgtest]

My plan (still accumulating) is to work harder, trying to earn MORE capital during bust economies so I can put more powder in the canon's when I reload at the bottom or dips. Again, every 5% dip I will just buy more.

I realize for those done accumulating cannot execute this strategy.

I am 100% equities, so I basically just keep buying more high TECH and AAPL. I guess that what I am saying is my strategy is to "Stay the coarse!"

Even though its a bit different allocation than many in the forum, its still my individual investment plan and why would I change it.

 

[Gumby]

... I guess that what I am saying is my strategy is to "Stay the coarse!"...

I would "stay the fine", but opinions may vary.

 

[street]

Some great discussion and deviations are good it brings up good conversation and different angles.

In the 48 years of being in the markets I have always bought, and I have never sold one share to this day. I haven't bought now for a few years but I don't see the purpose for me to buy but I'm still holding and never have sold.


Nothing changes I will ride out the bad times that are on the horizon because we all know the bear markets are coming.

 

[athena53]

In the 48 years of being in the markets I have always bought, and I have never sold one share to this day. I haven't bought now for a few years but I don't see the purpose for me to buy but I'm still holding and never have sold.

That seems to be an over-simplification. I periodically weed out underperformers; yesterday when I sold I did the opposite and took some profit off the table on investments that had out-performed. Heck, if I never sold anything I'd be holding onto the shares of Republic Steel (Dad's employer at the time) that I bought in college!

Totally agree on your mostly "buy and hold" tactic, though.

 

[Rianne]

What precisely do you mean by "different govt. system" ? (Emphasis mine.) As I understand that term, such a change would require a bloody revolution or a Constitiutional Convention. I doubt the markets would favor either of those.

I mean system by this definition "a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized framework or method." I don't think that would require a bloody revolution. Corporations do it all the time. I'll leave it at that. No further discussion needed.

 

[PlayinwithFIRE]

Waiting for a company to completely implode for a full value write-off .; as compared to write-downs while it slowly dies..the tax result would be the same, wouldn't it?

(Aside from giving you some timing control of when to write-down)

pwf