Investing 102

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

How many of you market mavens have gotten so that you're not so itchy fingered anymore -- and actually have finally gotten a grip on buy and hold and collect the dividends???? Not nearly as scary as it used to be huh -- once you have some nice fat gains in your accounts. Now you'll see that when you have a 20 or 25 or 40% gain on your holdings -- you don't really care if the market goes down 10% --- but you will have had to have owned for a bit to get to this point. It's sweet once you do though!

**raises hand**

I haven't made a trade in a long time other than just reinvesting dividends and I'm not worried or itchy about anything...not even the Target my wife owns that has taking a beating lately.