Good time for a reminder:
I share what I find interesting but nothing I find interesting is truly going to tell me, you, or the mailman where the price of anything is headed next.
The best decision, in almost all cases, is simply to stick to your long-term investing plan. $spy
Random:
How many other calendar years saw the S&P 500 trade up 4% or more to a new all-time high in August after finishing the month of July in the red?
Exactly 1 - 1986
$spx
I was in business in Q3 2007 and it gave me a healthy fear of double tops, so much so that I go to dark places when I see one on the chart.
(I doubt we're topping here but it doesn't prevent me from wondering since the market trades beyond the limits of imagination). $spx
The irony is there are a ton of folks living in coastal population centers that feel relatively broke and left behind if they *only* have a net worth of $1m.