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Melon

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32. Preferably you are cost averaging.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #28)

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:37 PM

2 hrs ago

In December, everyone who cashed out due to doom are down 20% to the markets in only 6 months. That’s multi years of returns for the average investor. They can’t buy in now because of more doom.
The market would have to lose 20% if you’ve taken no gains just to get you back to that time.
It’s crazy to try and time and a huge losing strategy.
You are better off cost averaging with your purchases or just investing more conservatively.

Cashing out also means your down another 3% to inflation. Crazy.

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longshot prediction: the AI bubble gets popped this month by the SpaceX IPO, so get out NOW [View all] paulkienitz 20 hrs ago OP

Sold my last 3 stocks. Moved money to a multigraincracker 17 hrs ago #1

You may be right edhopper 17 hrs ago #2

If the Democrats win back Congress this fall I predict a stock market correction. yardwork 15 hrs ago #4

Trump will still be President edhopper 13 hrs ago #22

There are no crashes anymore. Market is rigged and irrational GreatGazoo 16 hrs ago #3

That kind of rigging can't hold forever paulkienitz 15 hrs ago #11

and yet here we are GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #15

The issue is how many times have we been told to leave the market? Melon 15 hrs ago #5

Yeah, that's where I am ITAL 15 hrs ago #8

It took six years to recover edhopper 13 hrs ago #23

Six years isn't that long for me ITAL 12 hrs ago #24

Or get out now and edhopper 9 hrs ago #28

Preferably you are cost averaging. Melon 2 hrs ago #32

There are other investments edhopper 2 hrs ago #33

No it's not "just as risky". paulkienitz 15 hrs ago #9

Ill gotten ponzy...huh? You mean investment returns. Melon 13 hrs ago #21

"others success"? There is no success to profit from in AI. paulkienitz 12 hrs ago #25

Go read what Sam Altman is saying. Uber and Melon 3 hrs ago #31

WSJ and Gallup did a story looking at how Democrat voters are losing money GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #16

"Democratic." The adjective form is "Democratic." ColoringFool 14 hrs ago #17

I could have put a hyphen in there but noun GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #20

No Johnny2X2X 15 hrs ago #6

I've heard that song before. paulkienitz 15 hrs ago #10

We've been waiting decades for a bubble Johnny2X2X 14 hrs ago #12

Index funds are like 50% AI bubble now. paulkienitz 14 hrs ago #14

People are predicting the market is holding on Johonny 15 hrs ago #7

I turned some investments into a newer and larger house CanonRay 14 hrs ago #13

I'll just keep my NVIDIA,TYVM. ColoringFool 14 hrs ago #18

Jensen Huang is pulling sooo many circular-financing fast ones... paulkienitz 14 hrs ago #19

Heard the same shit from Thom Hartmann a few years back Ziggy Beans 12 hrs ago #26

That same lie was told before the last two crashes. paulkienitz 8 hrs ago #29

imho Fat gains should be pruned. Rotation is underway. bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #27

Simple.... multigraincracker 6 hrs ago #30