Posted by dhermesc on January 15, 2009 at 06:17:12 from (24.248.193.103):
In Reply to: Denial? posted by Spook on January 14, 2009 at 16:48:11:
If you sell now you lock in your losses. After you sell what are you going to do, put your money in a savings account and earn 1%? Or put it in your mattresss and hope you don't have a house fire?
Even the most pessimistic posts below say it might take 20 years for the DOW to make it back to 14,000, about a 4% return. I'm thinking it might take 10 years to make it back or an 8% return. If it takes 10 years now is the time to pour money in. If your relative has a company match plan he needs to be buying stock while its on sale. At age 40 the guy has plenty of time, especially since he will probably be working until he's at least 70.
I watched "It's a Wonderful Life" over Christmas and pointed out to my wife the scene that has been the bedrock of my financial reasoning (for better or worse). During the "Panic" Jimmy Stewert implores his account holders to just calm down and points out that the richest man (Potter) in town is buying while everyone else is selling. People are EAGER to sell him their property at 50 cents on the dollar. Later in the movie its pointed out how Potter "saved" (some say stole) all the businesses in town except for The Building and Loan that Jimmy Stewert managed to keep runing by himself.
Either way, what happened has happened, its WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN is what you plan for.
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