"My shares have fallen 30% what should I do?" "Is this a good time to invest in the stock market?"

[galway_blow_in]

Peculiar year , powerhouse of a January , awful February and March is even worse so far, bonds look more attractive right now, I’m less than 20% bonds , promised myself when I was up 15% for the year that I’d lighten up on equities and buy more bonds or else raise cash , greed got the better of me ( and I hung on )and now I’m only up 6% YTD ( beating the market but that’s not saying much)

 

[ClubMan]

Peculiar year , powerhouse of a January , awful February and March is even worse so far, bonds look more attractive right now, I’m less than 20% bonds , promised myself when I was up 15% for the year that I’d lighten up on equities and buy more bonds or else raise cash , greed got the better of me ( and I hung on )and now I’m only up 6% YTD ( beating the market but that’s not saying much)

Trying to time the market is a mug's game.

 

[galway_blow_in]

Trying to time the market is a mug's game.

My comment was about rebalancing more in favour of bonds , I needed to sell stocks to buy bonds and earl February was a decent time to do so

 

[ClubMan]

My comment was about rebalancing more in favour of bonds

Yes, by timing the market.
Anyway, this is probably also germane:

Pensions: why do those retiring face ‘massive’ losses despite FTSE highs?

Retired planner was shocked to see that his Aviva pension had dropped 20% in value last year

www.theguardian.com

 

[galway_blow_in]

Yes, by timing the market.
Anyway, this is probably also germane:

Pensions: why do those retiring face ‘massive’ losses despite FTSE highs?

Retired planner was shocked to see that his Aviva pension had dropped 20% in value last year

www.theguardian.com

No , that’s you’re arbitrary interpretation, I’m saying I need more balance and a month ago was an ideal time to raise cash

 

[Brendan Burgess]

I needed to sell stocks

It would be much simpler to just pay the TV license and get over it.

Court summons

So a TV licence inspector showed up at the door six months ago, I wasn’t home and my wife unwittingly took the blame in that she gave her name when asked and didn’t mention me at all I was the one who always dealt with this and she was unaware that I had not paid it , her name is on the...

www.askaboutmoney.com

 

[joe sod]

Yes, by timing the market.
Anyway, this is probably also germane:

Pensions: why do those retiring face ‘massive’ losses despite FTSE highs?

Retired planner was shocked to see that his Aviva pension had dropped 20% in value last year

www.theguardian.com

same reason to an extent why Silicon Valley Bank collapsed their portfolio of very low interest rate bonds fell as interest rates rose. Bonds are not a safe asset in an inflationary environment like now

 

[galway_blow_in]

It would be much simpler to just pay the TV license and get over it.

Court summons

So a TV licence inspector showed up at the door six months ago, I wasn’t home and my wife unwittingly took the blame in that she gave her name when asked and didn’t mention me at all I was the one who always dealt with this and she was unaware that I had not paid it , her name is on the...

www.askaboutmoney.com

Any more cheap shots?, no wonder this site has about as much daily traffic as downtown Chernobyl