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Surely a recession would be a good time.

• WalterBright 7y ago
  Only in hindsight. It takes extra large intestinal fortitude to invest in a recession. I've generally lacked such guts.
  • lliamander 7y ago
    Why so? I admit to being a novice in that area, but unless you are worried things are going to get drastically worse (civil war, etc) won't most stocks get better as the economy leaves the recession?
    • robjan 7y ago
      When you invest $100 and you see it go to $90, $75, $50, $40 at some point the majority of people will "cut their losses" and sell. It's human nature.
      • WalterBright 7y ago
        I call that "locking in your losses".