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your retirement fund? do absolutely nothing, you are at extreme risk of selling low and buying high if you attempt to time the market. Just ride it out. That 7% per year average return includes the years you make 15% and the years you lose 15%.

in fact the next few months are probably a great time to sock away a little extra money in your 401k if you can afford it. Think of this as a 25% discount or match. This is not the end of the world, markets will come back in a year or two.

If you needed the money in the near term and you were still heavily invested in equities, uh... that was a mistake.

Daytrader? You do your thing.



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