What I Am Buying Today.

[fenders53]

(01-10-2022, 03:36 PM)Kerim Wrote:

(01-10-2022, 08:21 AM)fenders53 Wrote: This investing game isn't easy and it never has been.  Just take your lumps.  We all hate it when it doesn't go well.

Yep, gotta remind yourself over and over: down days, and down markets, are when you make your money. If you're still accumulating, it doesn't make a ton of sense to root for a bull market.

(If you're trading a lot, it matters less, but if you lean buy-and-hold like I do, it is nice and clear!)

One of my favorite reasons to be diversified.  When the market isn't completely giddy there is almost always a sector getting a beating.  I dwell on that and get happy I am getting a deal n something today.  If I am so inclined I can sell a couple of shares of something I think has gotten out of the hand to the upside.  That may or not be a great idea but I feel like I am a little more in charge.  Just practicing for when the market actually drops and stays down a year or two.  I barely remember what that's like.  You have to shift your brain into a different gear and start acting like an investor when those days come.  Just maybe the market will start caring about dividends for more than a week.  I laugh when big tech dips and they run for KHC or some other staple.  I am thinking "seriously, do you realize that sector isn't exactly cheap either?"  Then hours or days later that sells off too.  The market is just silly when it is trying to duck a dip.       

It was nice to see quality tech defend itself some today.   I still believe most of the sketchy stuff is in deep trouble but it's good to see the entire market not freefall.