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  1. WXYZ

    WXYZ Well-Known Member

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    LOL.....I IGNORED the markets so much today....I forgot to check my results. EVERY stock in the red of course.....and....I got beat by the SP500 by 1.56%.

    MOVING ON......as the correction is now.....snowballing as they usually do. I dont know if this is true.....but we must be seeing some basic panic eating away at the edges of the retail investors. That is what we need to end this situation.....some CAPITULATION.
     
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    WXYZ Well-Known Member

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    I am not a fan of Cramer....I have never heard his show.....but he is right.

    Don’t let Monday’s sell-off scare you out of the market entirely, Jim Cramer says

    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/don...re-you-out-of-the-market-jim-cramer-says.html

    "Key Points
    • CNBC’s Jim Cramer advised investors not to leave the market entirely because of the massive sell-off.
    • He said to remember there is always a bottom and stocks can recover, referencing late CNBC anchor Mark Haines, who correctly called a market bottom on this date in 2009 during the financial crisis.
    • “Think of it like this: days like today are what kept you out of the big gains in the same stocks. Most people never get back,” he said."
     
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    WXYZ Well-Known Member

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    if it makes anyone else feel better.....today I had the largest LOSS I have ever had in my life. In the multiple hundreds of thousands. Of course......part of the reason for the LARGEST loss is because my portfolios are the LARGEST they have ever been in value recently...in my life. SO.....what is my plan....what am i going to do?

    WELL.....I am going to do NOTHING. I am going to IGNORE it all. I will remain fully invested for the long term as usual. NOTHING has changed in terms of the companies that I own....they are STILL making just as much money as ever. Their market cap may be down....but the money is still pouring in.

    As for anyone else.....do what you have to do.....or do nothing at all. it is your choice and remember....THIS THREAD IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.
     
  4. roadtonowhere08

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    Without getting into politics more than I have, it's easy to throw bombs when you are not behind the wheel. Reality hits when you are. That whole thing about actions and reactions. The global market is bigger than him, and he'll never realize that.

    I am so grateful that I am not looking to transition into retirement mode anytime soon where I may not have time to wait this silly crap out.
     
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    Yeah RTN….This is kinda getting a more than correction feel to it. That’s just a feeling though, and I could be way off.

    I will just stick to my plan. I”ll keep up with my contributions and throw some extra in from time to time.

    Retirement for me is still some time away, but not so far that I can’t see it. I have some built in protection other than solely relying on investments. So, when that day does come, I can likely ride out a very lengthy storm.
     
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    It's all you can do when things are ridiculous. I am clueless where things go from here, but I'm lucky to be able to just sit back and watch the fireworks. Others are not so fortunate through no fault of their own, and that is extremely frustrating.
     
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