Okay --- one more post this morning - because these markets are so "interesting" which gives me lots of fodder for posting.
The whole buying question is just "un-answerable".... I wish I had a pat response.
Here's one thing that I personally have trained myself to do. It took years to get to this point. I look at my investments as a whole. I don't look at them as "this stock sucks" and "this stock is hot". I own lots of stuff. Some of it's working - some of it is "okay" - some of it is "killing it". As long as I'm okay overall - then so be it. I can't get 100% working perfectly day after day. It ebbs and flows. I've owned property when you couldn't give it away -- right now - all the property I own (which used to suck) is deep into the green.... Right now I'm losing on my ETP purchases -- but I'm killing it on Con Ed (ED).... one is going down daily - one is going up daily. My "steady eddy" is the current hot ticket... WTF!! - my steady eddy is beating the pants off GoPro (GPRO) which would be killing me if I'd bought it near the highs.
After doing this for so many years --- I've come to understand that I'll never get it right -- but what I do know - is that I'm way ahead of where I was 10 years ago. That's winning. What happens today - isn't so important. I'm very confident that 10 years from now - I will most likely be richer than I am now. LOL What part of my investments that will get me there is anyones guess. I'll just keep plugging along. I keep my expenses low - and my investments liquid (for the most part) and I only invest in stuff that spins off cash... and that cash is the key. What they're worth this morning isn't the driver.
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