Comments on: BVC #2 – Sitting On The Sidelines Is OK http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/sitting-on-the-sidelines.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:04:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/sitting-on-the-sidelines.html/comment-page-1#comment-299138 Brian Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:43:25 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=4295#comment-299138 You say "don't try to time the market", but you advocate sitting on the sidelines until you see an opportunity. Isn't that contradictory? You say “don’t try to time the market”, but you advocate sitting on the sidelines until you see an opportunity. Isn’t that contradictory?

]]> By: Ron Hekier http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/sitting-on-the-sidelines.html/comment-page-1#comment-299129 Ron Hekier Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:50:52 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=4295#comment-299129 Great idea to add a videocast! I think the content is great. It is OK at this point to sit on the sidelines as there is great uncertainty and trepidation about the near term future of the markets. I must say I am personally wrestling with whether or not to 'cash out' from my securities accounts I currently own and to sit on the sidelines, or to continue my present course of monthly contributions. No one knows the secret I'm afraid... Great idea to add a videocast! I think the content is great. It is OK at this point to sit on the sidelines as there is great uncertainty and trepidation about the near term future of the markets.
I must say I am personally wrestling with whether or not to ‘cash out’ from my securities accounts I currently own and to sit on the sidelines, or to continue my present course of monthly contributions. No one knows the secret I’m afraid…

]]> By: Funny about Money http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/sitting-on-the-sidelines.html/comment-page-1#comment-299111 Funny about Money Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:25:35 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=4295#comment-299111 What a fun idea! You're very brave...and a lot more photogenic than I am! ;-) If it were me, I'd try to practice at looking directly into the camera more consistently. If you watch TV broadcasters, you'll realize that they reason they appear to be speaking to the viewer is that they're staring straight into the center of the camera. Kinda hard to carry on a conversation with a camera lens or a computer monitor, eh? On the content: need more content, or need to make the blurb shorter. You end up repeating yourself several times. And also on the content: agreed! This is not the time to be throwing money into the market, unless you have some cash you can afford to lose. If you do, though, it probably IS a good time to buy securities. I'm still contributing to the 403(b) but putting the money into much more conservative choices than before. My financial advisor has been steadily moving my big IRA's funds out of stocks and into safer investments for the nonce -- unloaded American Express and several other formerly reliable choices and moved into bonds, gold, and cash. Not having another 40 years left to me, I will never again see the $200,000 lost to the Bush economy, no matter what strategy I use. What a fun idea! You’re very brave…and a lot more photogenic than I am! ;-)

If it were me, I’d try to practice at looking directly into the camera more consistently. If you watch TV broadcasters, you’ll realize that they reason they appear to be speaking to the viewer is that they’re staring straight into the center of the camera. Kinda hard to carry on a conversation with a camera lens or a computer monitor, eh?

On the content: need more content, or need to make the blurb shorter. You end up repeating yourself several times.

And also on the content: agreed! This is not the time to be throwing money into the market, unless you have some cash you can afford to lose. If you do, though, it probably IS a good time to buy securities. I’m still contributing to the 403(b) but putting the money into much more conservative choices than before. My financial advisor has been steadily moving my big IRA’s funds out of stocks and into safer investments for the nonce — unloaded American Express and several other formerly reliable choices and moved into bonds, gold, and cash. Not having another 40 years left to me, I will never again see the $200,000 lost to the Bush economy, no matter what strategy I use.

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