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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2196830, member: 71510&quot;]I generally make moves in 10% to 15% at a time - and only with half of the funds at stake (the others I leave in a &quot;set and forget&quot; target date fund to see how well I do against the experts - and making sure the experts are covering my other 50%).</p><p><br /></p><p>I made 3 moves of 10% each back in as the market corrected down to the 17.5k mark over the 2 week period, so I avoided the losses and gained the &quot;re-gain&quot; back up.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it&#039;s over, but I&#039;m less sure.&nbsp; So I&#039;ll leave a bit in stable value - knowing I&#039;ve booked the gains, but I&#039;m not making any more moves.&nbsp; I was able to make an extra ~2.5% or so on 30% of the half I manage myself.&nbsp; I still have 20% &quot;out&quot; in stable value, as I am anticipating more pullback as we go into the election year.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the election coming, I predict a lot more turmoil and uncertainty.&nbsp; If you&#039;re heavily invested in healthcare, I&#039;d wonder what a regime change will do to that investment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t done the calculations yet, but the last 2 years I beat the &quot;set it and forget it&quot; target date fund by just under 2%.&nbsp; By watching the pullback corrections a bit more closely this year, I am hoping to beat by 2% - but they could do better than me - they may have gone long on Google and Netflix which I thought was insane speculation (still do).</p><p><br /></p><p>The way I play is to book the gains and take some of them off the table and hold them for the pullbacks.&nbsp; I&#039;m an opportunistic investor, and I take my wins off the table and wait for the corrections.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mind you that I do ok, but if I was really that great at this - I&#039;d be rich.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Right now I&#039;m buying silver and gold though.&nbsp; What a day!&nbsp; $1130!&nbsp; FIRE SALE![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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