I hear you man. I keep telling myself to hang in there, that the market will bounce back eventually, then I start looking at the losses and I have flashbacks to 2008, hit the panic button and bail. The funny thing is that back then I didn't pay much attention to my TSP account and through dumb luck, made up all the losses and then some by 2010, all by standing pat and doing nothing. Go figure.
It would be nice to find a person who could guide us in these turbulent times. JTH used to do that, but he kinda stopped posting back in May. There was another guy (can't remember his name) who used to have a color system, combinations of reds and greens in 8 different configurations, but it was to confusing and he eventually disappeared. I've been following FireWeatherMet's Account Talk lately. He makes a lot of sense and you can't argue with his returns this year.
Perhaps one day, someone will step forward to lead the masses. In the mean time we'll have to do the best we can with what we have to work with...
And before someone says "Why don't you try one of the premium sites?" Well I did that for a whole year. I won't mention any names, but his system suddenly stopped working when I got in. It took about 6 months but he finally got it fixed , but by then, I had lost confidence and bailed when my subscription expired. Some people swore he was the greatest thing to ever issue a buy signal, but he just didn't do it for me...
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