Comments on: Reader Question: I’ve Lost a Lot of Money in the Market. Should I Get Out? http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/ Helping a unique generation achieve financial independence. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: akgho http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-473718 akgho Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:17 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-473718 In this Present Days - Internet made this world a Global Village. It's a meadium where we can share our knowledge. And when we found this type of blogs as a source of Knowledge - then I astonished! The content is really very attractive and what a marvelous thinking - it's really amazing. Hope - in near future - we'll get more this type of information. For more information please visit my blog - <a href="http://ebuild-design.com">Edith Design Blog's </a>. In this Present Days – Internet made this world a Global Village. It’s a meadium where we can share our knowledge. And when we found this type of blogs as a source of Knowledge – then I astonished! The content is really very attractive and what a marvelous thinking – it’s really amazing. Hope – in near future – we’ll get more this type of information. For more information please visit my blog – Edith Design Blog’s .

]]> By: terry http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-153906 terry Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:55:34 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-153906 I'm now 43 and have been buying and selling stocks for about 15 years now... I've done "okay", not at all bad, znd not great, and I 've never sold for a loss, ever, HOWEVER, sometimes when I was scared I just took a nickel or a dime profit and got the *&^% outta dodge and said "phheeeww"... With that being said I have come to my own conclusion to sell everything while the going is good. I've sold all of it, ALL for a profit, and am waiting and hoping for my last three stocks to come back up for a very slight profit of under a dollar each. I don't like the way things are looking long term in our country financially, and I have now realized that in my opinion, the market TRULY is rigged, and I have just decided get out while you can, and something is better than nothing. Call me whatever you want, but I want out now. I’m now 43 and have been buying and selling stocks for about 15 years now… I’ve done “okay”, not at all bad, znd not great, and I ‘ve never sold for a loss, ever, HOWEVER, sometimes when I was scared I just took a nickel or a dime profit and got the *&^% outta dodge and said “phheeeww”…
With that being said I have come to my own conclusion to sell everything while the going is good. I’ve sold all of it, ALL for a profit, and am waiting and hoping for my last three stocks to come back up for a very slight profit of under a dollar each.
I don’t like the way things are looking long term in our country financially, and I have now realized that in my opinion, the market TRULY is rigged, and I have just decided get out while you can, and something is better than nothing. Call me whatever you want, but I want out now.

]]> By: Geoff http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-151132 Geoff Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:22:21 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-151132 "A good rule of thumb, do the opposite of what “everyone” is doing, especially cnbc." Agreed. I know of no one personally who has bought or sold gold. Contrast that to the dot com bubble where, at its height, strippers and cab drivers would give you stock tips. I don't think we're there yet, not by a long shot. “A good rule of thumb, do the opposite of what “everyone” is doing, especially cnbc.”

Agreed. I know of no one personally who has bought or sold gold. Contrast that to the dot com bubble where, at its height, strippers and cab drivers would give you stock tips. I don’t think we’re there yet, not by a long shot.

]]> By: Chris http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-151130 Chris Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:07:54 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-151130 I am amazed at how people just assume that we will rebound and have a chance at an economic recovery, Has anyone been focussing on our depleating resources and over abundance of people on this planet? You really have to consider Chris Martenson's three E's and how they play against each other - Economy - Energy - Environment. This is not 1972 or 1958.... There are 6.5 Billion of us little bugs and resources are getting mighty thin... Talk of the stock market seems silly to me now. I am cashing out! I mean out all the way... I am taking a hit, but it's better than not having the money at all. Get ou now while you still have something to get out. I am amazed at how people just assume that we will rebound and have a chance at an economic recovery, Has anyone been focussing on our depleating resources and over abundance of people on this planet? You really have to consider Chris Martenson’s three E’s and how they play against each other – Economy – Energy – Environment. This is not 1972 or 1958…. There are 6.5 Billion of us little bugs and resources are getting mighty thin… Talk of the stock market seems silly to me now. I am cashing out! I mean out all the way… I am taking a hit, but it’s better than not having the money at all. Get ou now while you still have something to get out.

]]> By: Thomas http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-147121 Thomas Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:48:32 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-147121 People need to learn how to value stocks instead of just blindly charging around towards the current bubble. (eg gold) Then again, if there was perfect information, I wouldn't be able to find undervalued stocks to buy.. or other people (eg goldbugs/Glen Beck) can't lead people, like sheep, into buying into a bubble then selling out and leaving the sheep holding the bag. People need to learn how to value stocks instead of just blindly charging around towards the current bubble. (eg gold)

Then again, if there was perfect information, I wouldn’t be able to find undervalued stocks to buy.. or other people (eg goldbugs/Glen Beck) can’t lead people, like sheep, into buying into a bubble then selling out and leaving the sheep holding the bag.

]]> By: Rob http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-145782 Rob Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:47:02 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-145782 Yea companies want to buy your gold for below its value and quickly resell it to everyone and their mother who's buying it now. The US government is already taking steps to cut down corruption with these "cash for gold" schemes. A good rule of thumb, do the opposite of what "everyone" is doing, especially cnbc. Yea companies want to buy your gold for below its value and quickly resell it to everyone and their mother who’s buying it now. The US government is already taking steps to cut down corruption with these “cash for gold” schemes. A good rule of thumb, do the opposite of what “everyone” is doing, especially cnbc.

]]> By: Geoff http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-143140 Geoff Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:55:12 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-143140 Wow, I wish I had 16K a year to invest in my retirement fund! :) Wow, I wish I had 16K a year to invest in my retirement fund! :)

]]> By: Geoff http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-142996 Geoff Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:37:36 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-142996 A good time to buy gold is when the commercials aren't running? Here in Canada the most number of gold commercials here are the ones where companies want to BUY your gold, not SELL it to you. This is positive for gold. "It’s crazy that people want to bail out now, when I think all signs point to some huge gains in the not-too-distant future." I am very interested, which signs are those? A good time to buy gold is when the commercials aren’t running? Here in Canada the most number of gold commercials here are the ones where companies want to BUY your gold, not SELL it to you. This is positive for gold.

“It’s crazy that people want to bail out now, when I think all signs point to some huge gains in the not-too-distant future.”

I am very interested, which signs are those?

]]> By: Geoff http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-142995 Geoff Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:31:15 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-142995 The stock market is a mess right now, and I see that the P/E ratio is much higher than it what might be considered a down market. The alternative to leaving the market is to stop entering into it. Pay off your credit cards, put money against your mortgage, build your savings. In the first 2 scenarios you have a guaranteed positive return on your investment. The third gives you piece of mind. I see that the days of borrowing to invest in the market are over. Here's food to chew on: "In the week ended September 1, domestic equity mutual funds saw $7.5 billion in outflows: the biggest one week outflow in 2010 since the $13.4 billion redeemed in the Flash Crash week. The trend developing is simple: retail investors withdraw increasingly greater numbers in weeks in which the market is down even a little, and withdraw just a little in weeks in which the low-volume melt up presents them with an opportunity to get out at a better price level. Of course, the common thread is that as we have said for 18 consecutive weeks, retail just wants out. And now that, courtesy of Mary Schapiro, retail has finally put two and two together, and knows that even the regulators are concerned about redemptions, which are perceived by the SEC as being a function of distrust in market structure, we now fully expect more and more redemptions." http://www.zerohedge.com/article/retail-capitulation-stock-outflows-surge-just-under-10-billion-18th-consecutive-week-record- The stock market is a mess right now, and I see that the P/E ratio is much higher than it what might be considered a down market.

The alternative to leaving the market is to stop entering into it. Pay off your credit cards, put money against your mortgage, build your savings. In the first 2 scenarios you have a guaranteed positive return on your investment. The third gives you piece of mind. I see that the days of borrowing to invest in the market are over.

Here’s food to chew on:

“In the week ended September 1, domestic equity mutual funds saw $7.5 billion in outflows: the biggest one week outflow in 2010 since the $13.4 billion redeemed in the Flash Crash week. The trend developing is simple: retail investors withdraw increasingly greater numbers in weeks in which the market is down even a little, and withdraw just a little in weeks in which the low-volume melt up presents them with an opportunity to get out at a better price level. Of course, the common thread is that as we have said for 18 consecutive weeks, retail just wants out. And now that, courtesy of Mary Schapiro, retail has finally put two and two together, and knows that even the regulators are concerned about redemptions, which are perceived by the SEC as being a function of distrust in market structure, we now fully expect more and more redemptions.”

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/retail-capitulation-stock-outflows-surge-just-under-10-billion-18th-consecutive-week-record-

]]> By: Financial Samurai http://genxfinance.com/question-should-i-get-out-of-the-stock-market/comment-page-1/#comment-142914 Financial Samurai Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:27:46 +0000 http://genxfinance.com/?p=2175#comment-142914 I feel bad about how so many have been tricked into the trance of stock market investing. Contribute $16,500 a year in your 401K, invest it all in the markets, and don't expect anything in return. I feel bad about how so many have been tricked into the trance of stock market investing. Contribute $16,500 a year in your 401K, invest it all in the markets, and don’t expect anything in return.

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