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by SketchySeaBeast 1437 days ago
But you're using the results of a Pachinko machine to say that some balls knew the right place to land. There have been people pulling money because a crash is coming any day since the start of the bull market. Sure, it's possible to time the market but it's equally possible to make the wrong prediction.

> Whether they sold in November or August, they correctly timed. Buy and hold investors made the wrong move by holding. It was obvious then to many.

In a decade or so I strongly believe my investment will be up significantly from those November numbers. I won't care what happens right now, it literally doesn't effect my plans to withdraw the cash when I retire.