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    With how the market’s looking right now, are you guys thinking of staying in cash, or just kind of holding steady?

    The market feels really weird right now.

    It is not exactly bullish, but it is not really bearish either. It just feels kind of stuck.

    Every time it looks like it is about to drop, it ends up bouncing back.

    And just when it starts to move higher, it seems to lose momentum again.

    So I am kind of torn.

    Do you stay in cash and wait for a better entry,

    or just sit it out and ignore all the noise?

    I am curious what everyone is doing at this point.

    Are you staying on the sidelines, holding, or still buying?

    With how the market’s looking right now, are you guys thinking of staying in cash, or just kind of holding steady?
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    2. MotownGreek on

      *Time in the market beats timing the market*

      The overwhelming majority of investors should simply buy index funds. If you want exposure to individual stocks or industries, have a small overall portion of your total investment portfolio allocated to individual companies or industry ETFs. Even professional traders can’t properly time the market.

    3. ub3rm3nsch on

      The oil supply shock hasn’t even started, and the market is vastly underpricing its effects. Diesel can only be refined from heavy crude for instance.

      The next few weeks are when the realization will hit, and that is when the crash will occur.

    4. Just_Candle_315 on

      With inflation at 4% now it is stupid to hold cash you are basically losing money you need to put it 100% in the market time in the market beats timing the market always

    6. YumiSolar on

      I mostly ignore the noise, especially the noise coming from Reddit.

      I can’t deny that we’re living in uncertain times, but I think it’s silly when people keep declaring that the S&P will nosedive any day now, especially when you look at how much money the top companies are making.

      While I might lose some money compared to exiting the market and trying to time it, I don’t think anything could happen that would be so catastrophic that it would sink the S&P without also dragging down pretty much every other asset out there.

    7. Yin-Hei on

      Looks like there’s some slow bleed to unwind the PE mess. Theta humping everyone rn

    8. Ape-Rising1 on

      I went to all cash 3 weeks ago and sleep deeply now. My base case is market bottom in Q3 or 4.

    9. Ampgrim on

      Paying off all debts including mortgage. Want the peace of mind and tired of this market, will free up income and less monthly bills is nice.

    10. Todayjunyer on

      We are in a bull market with such an incompetent administration that it looks Bear. 🤷🏻‍♂️ this market wants to be up another 20% but instead we’ve chosen ICE stormtroopers, a war in mid east, and tarriffs. there is nothing to do but continue investing and be thankful you aren’t retiring tomorrow

    12. xenosilver on

      I wouldn’t call it bouncing back… S&P 500 is still down nearly 5% YTD.

      Having said that, I’m not pulling money out now. The market has always come back even if it takes a while. Just hold.

    13. Excellent_Chest_5896 on

      Dude just check sentiment on Fox 5 – that’s your stock marker fuel. They are loving the war over there and are eating the “itll be fast and fruitful” lies. Once Fox changes tune it’ll drop. Most major shareholders are single issue voters – lower taxes for the rich.

    14. EpicOfBrave on

      **Either buy dips or don’t invest at all**

      I bought Microsoft yesterday. 80% of the cash. 20% left for any further dip.

    15. Ap3X_GunT3R on

      Trimming positions that spike that are consumer facing and tech heavy.

      Buying into boring big companies with pricing power and energy.

      Keeping a higher cash position than I like.

      I think the market is pricing in short term energy premiums and not reflecting a prolonged restriction. A crunch in oil and food prices is going to suck.

      I’m doubtful the upper class can continue to prop up spending.

      Edit: typos

    22. aspenextreme03 on

      Stay the course, contribute monthly as I have been and buy the dip based on my portfolio.

    23. jebidiaGA on

      Definitely a good time to have some cash. 15-25% is plenty. I’ve learned it’s never good to be all cash as when you realize these things have turned you’re gonna miss a big chunk of the move. But if it goes further south you can dca in with the cash you have on the sidelines. Fear and emotions are your biggest enemy in these situations. Take a deep breath, stay rational, and have a game plan.

    24. AlexVentures on

      This correction was long overdue, the market is back to actually trading based on fundamentals (high vIX, high oil, high AI CapEX spend, there are too many negative catalysts that it finally couldn’t ignore. Every sector has had its bull run (thanks to orange man), tech, defense, rare earths, consumer etc — now it’s oil’s turn. Next up is healthcare. I’m holding cash and buying at favorable entry points based on the fundamentals. Institutional investors are selling growth stocks and investing in value, do the same.

    25. perryschmidtr on

      This “15‑point plan” isn’t a peace proposal, it’s a PR document. It asks Iran to give up nukes, missiles, and proxies—the entire deterrent architecture it’s spent decades building—right after we bombed them, in exchange for maybe getting sanctions relief later if Washington feels like it.
      No serious strategist thinks Tehran is going to sign away its only leverage on those terms, which tells you this is about managing headlines and oil markets, not actually ending an unwinnable ignition war.
      An unwinnable ignition war is when you fight a country that can keep lighting new fronts cheaply, while you can’t achieve your goals without blowing up your own economy and alliances. The ignition state can live with way more chaos than you can, so you just grind forever—punishing, sanctioning, “pausing” strikes—without ever reaching a real endgame.
      Being the biggest producer doesn’t fix the systemic problem that this war is detonating the petrodollar arrangement that underpins U.S. power. That system depends on stable Gulf exports being priced and cleared in dollars and then recycled into U.S. assets; blowing up the region and forcing buyers and sellers to work around U.S. sanctions just pushes more trade into non‑dollar channels and alternative financial networks. You don’t “win” a war that accelerates the erosion of the very currency system your whole empire runs

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