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Old 10-04-2023, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Justputt View Post
I did do mine own, but I found life too busy to stay on top of it. As a result, I missed some timing to bail out or jump in, as result of that I lost a bunch for missed making money just camped out in big "safe" funds. I use mostly Fidelity now, because I cannot watch things as closely as someone that has it as their all-day everyday job. I would have substantially more had I made the change years ago. Everyone can make money when times are good, but then there's 1987, 2008-9, and 2020.
Respectfully disagree, NO one knows when to get in or out, so the only option is to set your allocation and stay in. Remember the vast majority of times a monkey throwing a dart against a listing of stocks will beat the "professional analysts" 99% of the time. And that's just your average monkey.