“In the stock market, the most important organ is the stomach. It’s not the brain.”
 

Peter Lynch said, “In the stock market, the most important organ is the stomach. It’s not the brain.”

If you have been in the market for a few decades, you know who Peter Lynch is. And you have seen a few things.

Those who have been in the market for only one decade might think it’s always like this.

Any thoughts from TOTVers on what the 2022 market could bring — or take?

Boomer

PS: Of course nobody can predict the market, so nobody can hold you to your opinion — not even yourself. But it can be interesting to think about.

Stomach? I'd say a few inches lower than the stomach.

There's a pair of 'em.

Up & Down

I knew — I just knew — some guy would say that, and I knew it would not take long. . .

Hey. . .Maybe I am better at predicting than I thought. :)

Boomer

Some things are like that.

In Minnesota, any time from November to April, you can expect to hear "cold enough for ya?" at least five times a day.

Dontcha know. :)

Colloquial Boomer

Doesn't count unless you type it first!
 

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you have to call the pocket shots in pool. . .

Anytime i tried to tell my dad something new, shock him, he would reply "I thought that might be true." but would never say his thoughts out loud, or in any conversation with me before this, and he said it so often, that i labelled it as a "i am always right" auto-response. He of course wouldn't consider anything i said as potentially true when it disagreed with him, until he heard it on TV, only the TV was truth

:ohdear: :ohdear:

but good question, and then you need to save to see who is lucky. . :popcorn:

and always better lucky than good!

And lottery tickets is a strategy. . .

When your young there is plenty of time to wait for the roller coaster to climb back up after the big dip down.

Well, logically inflation will reach a point a majority of folks will have to limit what they buy. Since all corporations' profits are based on the amount of things/services people buy, you would logically conclude that stocks will go down.

Right now stocks are benefiting from free money(no interest) to expand, forcing people to buy stocks because CD's pay zero interest, reaping the profits of inflation and huge government paydays for some businesses.

But logically stock's should go down and we all know the rich get out first and you are left with the empty bag. Just saying.

if you’re a day trader, you should be doing very well. This economy is exploding

With your "logic", logically you are out and you are not holding the bag.

:ho:

I read the first two books Peter Lynch wrote. He really worked hard at investing and of course was incredibly successful with the Magellan fund.

My first stock purchase was in 1959 at age 17. I remember the Nifty Fifty Nifty Fifty - Wikipedia

and the mostly bull market until the mid seventies at which time it seriously tanked and did not recover for years.

Warren Buffett gave a famous speech at a July 1999 Sun Valley get together of the superrich one year where he pointed out that the Dow on 12/31/64 was 874.12; on 12/31/81 it was 875. During this time the sales of the Fortune 500 companies had grown fivefold yet during the 17 years the Dow had gone nowhere.

In the past from time to time I ignored my gut telling me "no, no, no" but charged ahead anyway to make a devastatingly poor decision. For the most part I have learned from those costly actions to listen to my gut which I believe is really the whole of my subconscious brain and my higher power.

Understand, at a certain age (different for everyone).

But I haven't seen a down Market I haven't been able to drive thru & out the other side and not be well ahead of any conservative investing model or thoughts.


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Unless he is one of Dr Now’s 600 lb client, then he truly has two hanging stomachs.

My observation, market seems to swing with Covid fear and Covid waves. One can be slightly ahead by observing “canary” countries reaction. Other variables too, but lately it seems very Covid sensitive.

My simple plan for 2022: Stay diversified, stay calm and expect the unexpected in 2022. If health holds, play as much golf as able. Fore!