# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)

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**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518/7463 "2022-09-10T10:28:04Z")

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> [@octopus](#):
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> Final finally, if you are the same poster who recommended selling at the lowest stock market price in recent history I’m not sure your economic ‘analysis’ is worth anything.

From the thread you linked to:

> [@Stock Markets, Tariffs, Coronavirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-markets-tariffs-coronavirus/848451/180):
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> I completely refute Octopuses assertion. The markets are still in free fall, so now is the right time to _hold_
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> And I refute the “10 year horizon” statement of “any time is a good time to buy” as one can look at DJIA history and find 10-year flat periods with ease.

I see no mention of selling by JohnT. One could argue that perhaps buying would be a smarter move at that moment, but if one thought the market would drop further, why buy right then? (It does appear Mar 2020 was the low point for the DJIA, but it remained low if slowly rising the rest of the year.

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