10-06-2021, 01:59 PM
(10-06-2021, 01:15 PM)ken-do-nim Wrote: Lesson learned about needing to have some of your port in cash at nearly all times. I wish I cld take advantage of these phenomenal sales. Eying my emergency fund ... but no.I've been preaching this for years Ken. Dips pull all our ports down some. It's been a long wait but when you can buy stocks at 6+ month ago prices it takes the sting off missing gains that evaporated anyway. Gotta stay mostly invested but there are times when you know it's time to be less greedy.
(Although interestingly, I know there were some folks wanting to get into ARCC on a dip. Despite the rest of the market tanking, it has remained rock solid at 20-something.)ing