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Melon

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5. The issue is how many times have we been told to leave the market?

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 08:55 AM

13 hrs ago

My portfolio is up 20% this year. Slightly more last year. It’s literally changing my retirement horizon.
The message was to leave last year on trump election. The message was to get out end of 2025. I absolutely know individuals who did and are now really far behind.
I used to get in and out for these reasons, and at the end of the day never came out ahead.
Market timing is a bad bet usually. Take some profits sure, but on a multi year crime horizon no. I would even say it’s at your own risk of returns to not be invested in AI and yes…space X. There are bubbles but the US through 401k accounts has a continuous influx of investment cash going into the market. AI is the foreseeable future and the most successful entrepreneur in the world is Musk. It’s just as risky to bet against those things.

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longshot prediction: the AI bubble gets popped this month by the SpaceX IPO, so get out NOW [View all] paulkienitz 18 hrs ago OP

Sold my last 3 stocks. Moved money to a multigraincracker 15 hrs ago #1

You may be right edhopper 15 hrs ago #2

If the Democrats win back Congress this fall I predict a stock market correction. yardwork 13 hrs ago #4

Trump will still be President edhopper 11 hrs ago #22

There are no crashes anymore. Market is rigged and irrational GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #3

That kind of rigging can't hold forever paulkienitz 13 hrs ago #11

and yet here we are GreatGazoo 12 hrs ago #15

The issue is how many times have we been told to leave the market? Melon 13 hrs ago #5

Yeah, that's where I am ITAL 13 hrs ago #8

It took six years to recover edhopper 11 hrs ago #23

Six years isn't that long for me ITAL 10 hrs ago #24

Or get out now and edhopper 7 hrs ago #28

Preferably you are cost averaging. Melon 57 min ago #32

There are other investments edhopper 2 min ago #33

No it's not "just as risky". paulkienitz 13 hrs ago #9

Ill gotten ponzy...huh? You mean investment returns. Melon 11 hrs ago #21

"others success"? There is no success to profit from in AI. paulkienitz 10 hrs ago #25

Go read what Sam Altman is saying. Uber and Melon 1 hr ago #31

WSJ and Gallup did a story looking at how Democrat voters are losing money GreatGazoo 12 hrs ago #16

"Democratic." The adjective form is "Democratic." ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #17

I could have put a hyphen in there but noun GreatGazoo 12 hrs ago #20

No Johnny2X2X 13 hrs ago #6

I've heard that song before. paulkienitz 13 hrs ago #10

We've been waiting decades for a bubble Johnny2X2X 12 hrs ago #12

Index funds are like 50% AI bubble now. paulkienitz 12 hrs ago #14

People are predicting the market is holding on Johonny 13 hrs ago #7

I turned some investments into a newer and larger house CanonRay 12 hrs ago #13

I'll just keep my NVIDIA,TYVM. ColoringFool 12 hrs ago #18

Jensen Huang is pulling sooo many circular-financing fast ones... paulkienitz 12 hrs ago #19

Heard the same shit from Thom Hartmann a few years back Ziggy Beans 10 hrs ago #26

That same lie was told before the last two crashes. paulkienitz 6 hrs ago #29

imho Fat gains should be pruned. Rotation is underway. bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #27

Simple.... multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #30