Afraid another market crash due to COVID. Thoughts on selling 50% of total portfolio and buy back over 6 month or so? Understand it may reduce return if market turns out fine, but kinda safer approach?

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Here is a scenario... Biden is elected President, by Inauguration Day there is still no vaccine or therapeutics, 400K people dead, Biden shuts down the US economy again, the stock markets fall again by 30-40%... wouldn’t that be cool?

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If Democrats win the white house and the senate. Even if we don’t have vaccine by January, they will continue with the stimulus for the working people, which in turn will make the market go higher. Vote blue.

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Don’t πŸ‘ try πŸ‘ to πŸ‘ time πŸ‘ the πŸ‘ market πŸ‘

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PREACH THE TRUTH!!!

Don't.

Don’t time market. Have a SIP

no t trying to. Still buying back no matter what πŸ˜₯

Sure. In essence you are diversifying into cash. If you feel your portfolio is heavily skewed towards stocks then that’s one way to hedge.

The same time frame issue applies though. You have six months for this contraction to happen to make it worth doing.

Probably best just take all your money out and take a bag of cash to caesars palace

How about don’t sell at all, just buy puts, worst case they expire worthless

Op puts aren't for newbie.

You would need to know the strike.

Then how long your going to need the protection.

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Buy bitcoin mate

I truly have NO idea about any of this stuff (joined the bowl to learn eventually) and even I know you shouldn’t try to time the market, cmon now

Asset inflation is happening and won't stop until interest rates begin to rise again and the fed stops throwing cash into wealthy people's pockets. There will be volatility but every dip is a buy opportunity.

Really depends on the individual. That said if your not comfortable go 25 pct cash.

Honestly investing all comes down to your personal risk tolerance. If pulling 50% out and slowly reinvesting will help you sleep at night and not stress about your investment then I say go for. Just make sure you’ve weighed the decision and can accept the loss of potential gains over time. It’s your money and you have to feel comfortable about how you’re investing it.

Must also weigh the tax implications.

You will never time it correctly. Sell now if you’re worried about it. If you’re in long then this dip, whether it occurs or not, won’t matter. Use it as an opportunity to buy more.

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