I have not been a regular trader for about 20 years. That said, my IRA’s, 457b plan and stocks are invested in diversified mutual funds with T. Rowe Price. I am happy with that decision and have “prospered” with this arrangement. Occasionally I adjust my portfolio accordingly with professional help. Yes, the “market”
Is down but I don’t lose any sleep over it and I stay active doing other things with the time I have left. I have a couple of friends who spend a lot of their time “in the market” and I say more power to them. Doing what you want to do with your time is what retirement is all about IMHO.

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How has the stock market been treating me, lately I have seen a downturn, profits from investments have evaporating a bit but overall, for me, I am still in pace for a comfortable retirement at the end of this year. As for the stock market, I feel I get back in results based on the amount of effort I put in. Over the last 15 years I have invested an average of 1 hour a day / 6 days a week reviewing my finances, making moves as I feel are required and it has paid off. I am retiring at 63 but will not need to file for SS till I am 70.

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or CNBC or any show on CNBC, especially listening to Jim Cramer

I always considered Cramer to be an entertainer. Some of his rants are amusing. I wonder how much money he makes directly from his CNBC "Investing Club" fees?

jim cramer rants - Bing video

The energy stocks continue to go up. Is anyone considering pumping money into energy stocks, ETFs, etc?

Don’t understand why more don’t bet it to go down. ETFs for that.also need to pay attention to natural gas. Trend is strongly positive

Yes, and I have done so starting over a year ago. CVX, COP, SHEL, VDE, PAA, ET and bought some more BRK for OXY and Berkshire Hathaway Energy - Wikipedia

Is anyone satisfied with their advisor now? An endless abyss

I am using this period to act upon some "tax-loss harvesting." It is my goal to keep more in my pocket and less going to the Government. Because of the Wash Rule, most sales will sit out till I can go back in and repurchase some of the more favored stocks back.

The Dow was 33,180 on June 7. It closed at 30,183 yesterday. That is down slightly over 9%.

Dow is 30 stocks. Irrelevant and not diversified. Just buy Berkshire instead

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Year Total Return
2022 -19.56

S & P 500 is more reflective of the market.

Goes up goes down and in the long run confident will go up. Nobody can time the market on a consistent basis.

The S&P 500 is down about 8 percent during the same period.

The long run was a lot longer when the market crashed in 1987.

True, but a lot of people lost almost their entire retirement savings by selling low in the 1987 crash, and were afraid to go back into the stock market when it started to go back up. Trying to time the market is a bad idea. I have always invested in the stock market using the "dollar cost averaging" method and with a "buy and hold" plan, and I never had more than about 40 percent of my investments in stocks.