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5. Historically, the best time to buy has been when negative sentiment is highest. So articles

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2022, 10:42 AM

Sep 2022

like these make me even more confident in my buying decision. Keep 'em coming!

Not to mention the unsurpassed historic record of the results of buying stocks on sale (I own broad-based mutual funds and ETFs almost exclusively; i only have one individual stock, a boring utility. I would never make a claim like this about individual stocks unless it was a huge diversified basket of them)

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BlackRock: 'We shun most stocks" amid unrealized recession risk [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 OP

Seem to like global inflation linked bonds and bonds Tomconroy Sep 2022 #1

If BlackRock and I were in the same room, I would say, "huh, what do they know?" and mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #2

It's probably a good idea to buy stuff when it's cheap. Tomconroy Sep 2022 #3

A stock broker is someone who invests your money until it is all gone. twodogsbarking Sep 2022 #4

Historically, the best time to buy has been when negative sentiment is highest. So articles progree Sep 2022 #5

And the best time to sell is when positive sentiment is highest. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #6