The Fire Investor

Sometimes it’s hard to do what’s important and what matters as it pertains to investing. It’s not the return on your investments that ultimately matter, but its if you’re able to stay the course in order to get that long term compounding interest that will double and even quadruple your investments every 10 years or so. You see, when it pertains to investing, the proverbial chicken does actually come before the egg; and if you’re after that golden egg then staying the course is how to get your hands on that golden egg laying chicken.

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I recently wrote about having a reasonable investing plan and how important it is to have one, but It’s even more important to have an investment plan during times of market volatility than in bull markets. If not you may be investing speculatively and be unaware of it. Benjamin Graham once said The greatest danger investors face is acquiring speculative habits without realizing they have done so. This can happen so easily to many of us. The reasoning is simple. Because you see every battle is won before it’s fought and if you fail to plan then you will essentially plan to fail.

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Investing in stocks is like farming. There is a time to reap and then there’s a time to sow. It’s a great hobby to partake in if you have patience. That’s why the stock market is not the best place to keep your emergency funds. It’s the same reason why your personal home should not be viewed as an investment. The housing market has ups and downs just like the stock market. When the housing market is hot then that’s the time to sell high and when it’s low that’s the time to buy at a bargain price, but life is not going to wait until the housing market is hot for that promotion to occur that’s going to require you to move across the country or for some tragedy to befall your love ones that will require you to move closer to home help take care of your family.

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1. Stocks will likely continue to fall for the next 1 month, 3 months, 6 months or 12 months

2. Stocks will likely hit all time highs again in the next 1 year, 3 years, 5 years or 10 years.

3. If you’re a long term investor and don’t need to touch your cash for the next 10+ years then how low the stock market goes and how long it will take before stocks find a bottom doesn’t matter.

4. Stocks will likely continue to trade at a discount relative to all time highs for the next 1-2 years. There is no need to stress if you can’t deploy a massive amount of capital into the market at the current levels. Don’t worry about buying the bottom or catching a falling knife, just continue to invest regularly and dollar cost average.

It’s not about what price you bought VTI/VTSAX or other similar low cost index fund at. Its about how many shares you have.

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I just heard another sad story about someone who lost a lot of their nest egg during the Great Recession and can’t retire until they are 70 years old. This individual is now 60 and trying to figure out how to slow down and still maintain a sufficient salary to meet their goals. This situation likely occurred from either panicking in the middle of a market crash and cashing out or investing in risky assets. Stories like these still strike fear into the hearts of many americans as the doom and gloom mantra dominates the mainstream media headlines in this record setting bull market.

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