Buying shares of stock, which carry no maturity date, is risky business. Against the gods, the Remarkable Story of Risk, Page 300. I didn t buy in order to sell. If you are not going to sell a stock, what happens to its price is a matter of indifference.
Nobody can predict interest rates, the future direction of the economy of the stock market.
Dismiss all such forecasts and concentrate on what s actually happening to the companies in which you ve invested. The only way to make money in the stock market is to get in and stay with it.