• atzanteol
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    22 hours ago

    Not unless you’re retiring soon. You want to buy when things are low.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      21 hours ago

      That’s why I said “for now”. I was mulling buying in after the election when corporate interests were riding high on a “pro business” President. But I didn’t. Now I have that cash free to buy in when we hit the bottom of the slump, if there is a bottom…

      • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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        3 hours ago

        There have been studies showing that just dollar cost averaging is a better strategy then trying to time the market using market sentiment for long term gains.