Your Investments tock market gyrations can give even the most aggressive investor whiplash. To help ease the pain of bumpy market movements, it's important to reaffirm your investment goals and long-term strategy. First, you should review your time horizon. Next, resist the temptation to try to time the market - jumping out when the market has peaked and jumping back in when it has hit bottom.
History shows that time in the market can produce better results than timing the market.
But that amount would have been cut significantly if an investor tried to time the market and missed just the best 5 or 10 days during that period. The performance of any index is not indicative of the performance of any individual investment and does not take into account the fees and expenses associated with purchasing securities. Individuals cannot invest directly in any index. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.