Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet

Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by disease on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:37PM (#22527514)

In my experience it's always good to buy when sentiment is bad. If this is just a minor dip that will bounce back up, then you got a nice little discount on your equities. If it is the start of a major downturn then you have taken the first step towards buying at a greater and greater discount and can continue buying all the way down.

I don't consider this to be timing the market. You should always be investing but when sentiment is bad you just buy more than you would normally.

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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by esoterica on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:52PM (#22532584)

Your logic is vacuous because you can use the exact same rationale to justify the opposite conclusion.

"It's always good to buy when sentiment is good. If the bullish trend continuous, then you got in early and got a nice discount on your equities. If it is the start of a major downturn then you have taken the first step towards buying at a greater and greater discount and can continue buying all the way down"

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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by senordevnyc on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:50PM (#22528437)

Unless you have a source of cash that can only be accessed when markets are declining, that's still timing the market.

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Re:Trading halted as U.S. stocks plummet by elihu on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:39PM (#22528946)

I do something similar, which is that I reduce my 401k contribution when I think the market is overpriced, and increase it when stocks are down.

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