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Melon

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5. The issue is how many times have we been told to leave the market?
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:55 AM
4 hrs ago

My portfolio is up 20% this year. Slightly more last year. It’s literally changing my retirement horizon.
The message was to leave last year on trump election. The message was to get out end of 2025. I absolutely know individuals who did and are now really far behind.
I used to get in and out for these reasons, and at the end of the day never came out ahead.
Market timing is a bad bet usually. Take some profits sure, but on a multi year crime horizon no. I would even say it’s at your own risk of returns to not be invested in AI and yes…space X. There are bubbles but the US through 401k accounts has a continuous influx of investment cash going into the market. AI is the foreseeable future and the most successful entrepreneur in the world is Musk. It’s just as risky to bet against those things.

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Sold my last 3 stocks. Moved money to a multigraincracker 6 hrs ago #1
You may be right edhopper 6 hrs ago #2
If the Democrats win back Congress this fall I predict a stock market correction. yardwork 4 hrs ago #4
Trump will still be President edhopper 2 hrs ago #22
There are no crashes anymore. Market is rigged and irrational GreatGazoo 5 hrs ago #3
That kind of rigging can't hold forever paulkienitz 3 hrs ago #11
and yet here we are GreatGazoo 3 hrs ago #15
The issue is how many times have we been told to leave the market? Melon 4 hrs ago #5
Yeah, that's where I am ITAL 4 hrs ago #8
It took six years to recover edhopper 2 hrs ago #23
Six years isn't that long for me ITAL 1 hr ago #24
No it's not "just as risky". paulkienitz 3 hrs ago #9
Ill gotten ponzy...huh? You mean investment returns. Melon 2 hrs ago #21
"others success"? There is no success to profit from in AI. paulkienitz 1 hr ago #25
WSJ and Gallup did a story looking at how Democrat voters are losing money GreatGazoo 3 hrs ago #16
"Democratic." The adjective form is "Democratic." ColoringFool 3 hrs ago #17
I could have put a hyphen in there but noun GreatGazoo 2 hrs ago #20
No Johnny2X2X 4 hrs ago #6
I've heard that song before. paulkienitz 3 hrs ago #10
We've been waiting decades for a bubble Johnny2X2X 3 hrs ago #12
Index funds are like 50% AI bubble now. paulkienitz 3 hrs ago #14
People are predicting the market is holding on Johonny 4 hrs ago #7
I turned some investments into a newer and larger house CanonRay 3 hrs ago #13
I'll just keep my NVIDIA,TYVM. ColoringFool 3 hrs ago #18
Jensen Huang is pulling sooo many circular-financing fast ones... paulkienitz 2 hrs ago #19
Heard the same shit from Thom Hartmann a few years back Ziggy Beans 1 hr ago #26
imho Fat gains should be pruned. Rotation is underway. bucolic_frolic 56 min ago #27
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