Trying to time the market is a mug's game.Peculiar year , powerhouse of a January , awful February and March is even worse so far, bonds look more attractive right now, I’m less than 20% bonds , promised myself when I was up 15% for the year that I’d lighten up on equities and buy more bonds or else raise cash , greed got the better of me ( and I hung on )and now I’m only up 6% YTD ( beating the market but that’s not saying much)
My comment was about rebalancing more in favour of bonds , I needed to sell stocks to buy bonds and earl February was a decent time to do soTrying to time the market is a mug's game.
Yes, by timing the market.My comment was about rebalancing more in favour of bonds
No , that’s you’re arbitrary interpretation, I’m saying I need more balance and a month ago was an ideal time to raise cashYes, by timing the market.
Anyway, this is probably also germane:
Pensions: why do those retiring face ‘massive’ losses despite FTSE highs?
Retired planner was shocked to see that his Aviva pension had dropped 20% in value last yearwww.theguardian.com
I needed to sell stocks
same reason to an extent why Silicon Valley Bank collapsed their portfolio of very low interest rate bonds fell as interest rates rose. Bonds are not a safe asset in an inflationary environment like nowYes, by timing the market.
Anyway, this is probably also germane:
Pensions: why do those retiring face ‘massive’ losses despite FTSE highs?
Retired planner was shocked to see that his Aviva pension had dropped 20% in value last yearwww.theguardian.com
Any more cheap shots?, no wonder this site has about as much daily traffic as downtown ChernobylIt would be much simpler to just pay the TV license and get over it.
Court summons
So a TV licence inspector showed up at the door six months ago, I wasn’t home and my wife unwittingly took the blame in that she gave her name when asked and didn’t mention me at all I was the one who always dealt with this and she was unaware that I had not paid it , her name is on the...www.askaboutmoney.com
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