When you think of buying, you don't buy everything. So why then do you sell everything when you think of selling? You don't need to answer that. It's more a reflective question.
I understand your decision regarding staying out until after the election. Could be very volatile, and the market could easily tank. I decided a while back what I have in is staying in come what may. I am not adding anymore of my own funds though, but I will be reinvesting the dividends. So there we both are, one on the inside, one the outside.
What interests me is why you seem to take such an interest in the market but at the same time spend relatively little time in it. But hey if it works for you, keep doing it. I am only thinking about this because recently I have been critically evaluating my effort vs reward with regards to the market. You see, putting the whole evolving thing aside and the fun, at the end of the day there's no point spending hours and hours learning and watching if it doesn't pay. I might as well just work more at my real job. So I am trying to get an idea of how much time I should allocate to this and based on that what return, if any, I would be happy with. Naturally I don't have any hard figures, and it's a work very much in progress. I probably won't ever be able to answer it, but that doesn't stop me thinking about it.
