I’m willing to pretend that the past year or three didn’t exist if you are.
The market was going up when he took office and he took all the credit. Now that it is going down he blames the media and dems. What a idiot.
I agree with your sentiment but I hope that’s an typo.
Unless you are retiring soon, just don’t look at your statement. Assuming you keep your job, you get to buy at decent prices. Which is good.
I did that in 2008 and I made a bundle.
In 2007, I recall the DOW was around 15,000. A couple of weeks ago, it was over 29,000.
Today, it’s closer to the former number than the latter. 
Better yet, buy a fixed dollar amount on a fixed schedule, a.k.a. dollar cost averaging. You get more quantity when prices are lower, so over time the average price of your accumulated position is lower. If you bought $100 worth of XYZ at last Thursday’s price and $100 worth of XYZ today, your average cost of ownership would be lower than the average of the two prices because you bought more XYZ today than last week.
For 99% of investors this works better than trying to time the market.
Where’s D’Anconia when you need her to offer a drive by question insinuating that the Dow isn’t actually at 21,000?
Now I just need to time the bottom.
I’m sure I won’t mess it up.
I’m buying today. And two weeks from now, and two weeks after that …
Trying to time the market is a fool’s errand.
In Soviet bathhouse, bottom times YOU!
Dow Futures are up 1100 points this morning. It’s apparently random.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gone above 23,000 for the first time EVER! Thank you Mr President!!!
We hit 22,000 15 minutes ago…time to celebrate! Oops, it has since dropped below. I imagine we’ll have a lot of little celebrations as the DOW chart continues it’s heart attack patient look.
I think you meant 22,000, and it’s back under that already.
Hurray! Back over 22K!
To some extent, it is, with day-to-day fluctuations.
Shit, back under 22 :o
Seems to me that fear and greed are the two competing market forces.
And an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
Headed for D’Oh! territory. Better get the comfy chair.