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Timing the market is almost always a bad idea. If he had sold in March 2020, he almost certainly would not have bought back in until the market picked up again,
by ZoomerCretin 4y ago
Timing the market is almost always a bad idea. If he had sold in March 2020, he almost certainly would not have bought back in until the market picked up again, losing out on a lot of market gains.
- brad0 4y agoI think it's somewhat possible to time the markets given monetary policy. Monetary policy and stimulus during COVID caused a currency devaluation. If nothing else changes, the value of assets should increase, relative to a currency. The same thing happened with monetary policy in March 2022. Interest rates went up, stocks went down. I'm curious what others think.
- ctchocula 4y agoIt's not possible, because monetary policy tends to be a lagging indicator of recessions [1] whereas the stock market is a leading indicator of recessions [2]. Also, there's the problem that dropping the interest rate doesn't mean the Fed will continue to drop it to zero. Similarly increasing the interest rate doesn't mean the Fed will continue to increase it until we hit a recession. The predictive power provided by such a lagging indicator combined with an imperfect correlation means that monetary policy alone isn't enough to time the market. [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/INTDSRUSM193N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/INTDSRUSM193N [2] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NASDAQCOM https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NASDAQCOM
- karmakurtisaani 4y agoIt's easy to time the market when you know exactly what happened and have an explanation why it happened :P
- BurningFrog 4y agoI think it's fine to try to "time the market" and/or do many other things. But don't do it with more than 5-10% of your savings on one assumption/prediction.