Greg,
Again this is all very good reading and education. I tried the search function for "stop loss" but as you can imagine on a car site that comes up with a lot of hits! Anyway as an investor, do you use either fixed stops (periodically adjusting with gains/losses) or trailing stops on your investments for the catastrophic market collapse. I know if "trading" and not investing the rule of thumb is 3% below the 30d moving average (or other similar rules) but as a long term "investor" what is your policy? When the markets tumbled last fall when the US rating was lowered did you stop out on anything or let it ride knowing the 5-10 year chart is bullish? How about in 2008? Do you try to anticipate earnings reports for the unexpected after hours plummet?
Thanks for all the insight-
Wes
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