Agree, also avoid the even more ""crazy speculative"" futures market.

grateful/humble/lucky - investing trinity.

nice if...

if it continue to go higher and higher over time...

Over the long term, ""anytime is a good time to invest"".

Happy and prosperous investing everybody!

Buying quality and growth stocks at or near their all time highs and holding 'em for the long term, may not bring exceptional profits, but at least and hopefully it won't attract the sort of vibes one may attract from distress sales. But i have to admit, i don't know how this kind of law works, or do it actually exist.

good and successful traders chase stocks.
good investors don't chase...they stay invested/hold quality, value, growth, dvdnd stocks instead

hype or real

goodyear

ya, i rather rush into a "bubble", than to bet on it to burst!

Another strategy; reinvest back all the dividends into more shares of your dividend stocks, then by default one would be a growth investor too!
The magic of compounding...

if overwhelming majority think yes, then it wouldn't

haha thanks kc,
I like to keep my investing style simple. I don't have the patience and the amount of work and research one has to do of a value investor.
Maybe that is why i didn't manage to outperform market returns over the last 21 years.

Hi KC,
I'm just a very average growth investor. Since i first started trading in 1994, my humble portfolio returns is nothing to shout about...9.3% per annum.

My investing method is very eclectic...i am definitely not a value investor haha!

Whether bull or bear market, be it good or bad times, in health or illness, through thick or thin...investtors rides 'em out all!
Yes, investors don't jump in and out of stocks, they stay invested at all times in quality, value, growth, dividend...stocks.

It is the job of the traders/timers/speculators not investors to forecast, predict, outmaneuver or outsmart mart short to mid term trajectories.

Whatever it is...no right or wrong...so long one is happy and making $$$!

My best wishes, love and prosperitty to all
Kevin

sarcasm KC, in fact since 2010, i have been practicing Bogle's strategy of "fully invested at all times". No more mart timing for me, ever!

who said its impossible to time mkt, Bogle got it all wrong!

Ya,,,, the wait is almost over, investors are going to finally get what they wanted.....very soon!!

ha ha...investors will invest, traders will trade, timers will time, speculators will forecast, winners will win, lovers will love etc.

No right or wrong, so long as one is happy and making $$$!

Second Board, second to none!!!

Haha...optimists always look up, AT

Stay invested in quality and growth stocks at all times, and by the way...shouldn't mkt timers b contrarians?!

for future sake, stay away...!

The crowd are on the bearish side, and only when the herd become bullish...all bull runs end never earlier than when the last buyer has bought...nothing else!

speculators/timers must not only be mentally strong, they also need to be stoic. Or else their mood will be like market, swings up & down wildly and unpredictably haha!

But nobody can b stronger than market.
And what profit does one get if he gain the world, but forfeit his life?!

That's why billionaires like Buffett and Bogle advocates the invested at all times method.
""Happy are those who invest wisely, safely and without mkt forecasting""!

nostalgic reminiscence...

small investors should stay fully invested at all times, but of course do keep some spare $$$...for emergency sake.

Long term investors, stay almost fully invested at all times. Otherwise...its just market timing.

If we can't be perfect, than at least be more superior than most!

...it's also very much like investing long term into winning stocks, need lots of skill, art, courage, logic...and a bit of luck too!
It's of course less necessary to practice one's choping swings, if in the first place...have picked many more winners than duds!

1 good turn, deserve...

Happy and prosperous investing everybody!

...or b stoic, no place for emotions when it comes to markets.
Best wishes everybody!

currently no plan to retire from stock mkt...it's just too much fun and challenging to quit!

whatever works...bring it on, thanks stockhacker haha - cheers everybody!

Time, predict & outmaneuver versus buy & hold.
Which of these 2 methods more rewarding, practical, proven, simpler...
But who cares, as long it works for u, make $ and happy!

Billionaire WB admit he couldn't time nor predict short to medium market direction, but some small investors believe they can do exactly that

""Money is made by sitting, not trading.
Gimme time, not timing. Nobody can out-trade market.
Fast come, fast go!""

Still gain a lot if the dividend stock one had invested 20 years ago, have dropped by 10% over the years...if that counter continue to payout cash generously every year. and one continue to reinvest back everytime...

DiGi, Maybank, Public B, Maybank, LPI, Nestle, D Lady, Ajinomoto, Amway, Litrak, F&N, Uchitec,...and those 'sins' counters dealing in alcohol, tobacco and game of chance.

In Bursaa alone, there are about 50 stocks that had been paying good dividends since 1995...and even mor counters have joined in the fray over the last 10 to 19 years.

The 'truly' smart investors don't time, predict nor try to outsmartt mkt. They believe it's not only futile, but also foolhardy to attempt to outmaneuver/out-trade the up and down swings...
They just stay invested at all times in quality, value, growth...stocks.

Who says there's no such thing as low risk-high returns in investing?!

rats, rots and rubbish are what else but r, r and r...lol!

Mathew 5:46, a philosophical guide for investors too?

Could anyone predict, time and outsmart mkt correctly over years? Just ask those who have had made billions of $ from stock markets

The longer one invest, the more difficult it is to get above average market returns. The most successful investor Buffett, achieved a 20% p.a. increase of capital over 50 years, while the S&P 500 only added about 10% over the same period.
In the case of the KLCi, since 1995 the index has only put on just around 80%[not including dividends]...so realistically...
50% p.a. over 3 years possible, only if very lucky and/or take on huge risk!

WOW! can correctly predict %perfect mkt direction

""Money is made by sitting, not trading.""
""Give me time, not timing""
""Fast come, fast go.""