01-06-2022, 11:05 AM
(01-06-2022, 10:20 AM)ken-do-nim Wrote: 2018 was a down year too (though I didn't have much aside from the 401k then). It happens. I pulled out of a lot of stocks in 2021 that I regret now. Learning year. I have full confidence in my current positions for the long term, and I am eager to add to them and add back in some of the names I sold too soon, assuming the prices haven't run too high. Right now I think increasing HPQ, CVS, and BX are my priorities, but I won't have new money until March at the earliest so we'll see.The bad years were certainly easier for me to endure when the majority of my assets were in indexes. You knew they would recover eventually. I love owning individual stocks but it has some disadvantages. It's also easier to direct new money exactly where you want to. You are also still accumulating so you will get some chances to buy low. 2000-2009 was pretty much a lost decade but you could double your account anyway.