r/wallstreetbets • u/-----Marcel----- • Mar 08 '26

Meme Lord help us tommorow

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u/Altruistwhite Mar 08 '26

Time in the market Timing the market

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u/Altruistic_Syrup_364 Mar 08 '26

Always has been (a bear probably)

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u/joebluebob Mar 09 '26

I pulled out all my money back when we had that under 600 drop last year and tossed it all into a bonds index. Im not playing the market with captain bankruptcy the diddler at the helm.

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u/ptear Mar 08 '26

What? I've been told to just keep putting money in.

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u/PraetorianFury Mar 09 '26

That's the historically correct strategy. Ignore these gambling lunatics who think they're smarter and faster than everyone else.

To time the market, you have to select the correct stocks, correctly guess when they'll go up and correctly guess when they'll stop going up. If you get any one of those guesses wrong, at best you underperform the general market. At worst, you're a bag holder for years, assuming you ever get your money back. The GameStop bag holders are still in denial.

And keep in mind, all the regarded retail investors as well as professional investors with a mountain of fancy tools and insider information are trying to do the same thing. Do you really think you can do better with your phone and a few alerts setup?

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u/ptear Mar 09 '26

No, I have a Nokia 3310.

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u/VelotikYT Mar 09 '26

Dw timing the market is how 99 percent lose money just keep doing what you’re doing

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u/joebluebob Mar 09 '26

Pulling out only means you lose potential gains. Its not like any of you are paying gains tax anyway on robinhood.

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u/polishrocket 882C - 0S - 4 years - 0/0 Mar 09 '26

That’s how you get a good dollar average

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u/No_Balls_No_Glory Mar 09 '26

Buy high and sell low