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05 Mar 2020

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As the US market going down, is it holding more cash on hand is a suitable decision?

Should I consider holding more cash instead of investing in the US stock market? considering the downward trend of the US market at the moment, what would be the best course of action?

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No, never.

nobody knows the future, not even the finance 'experts'.

we can only invest regularly and hope that the development

of the stock markets keeps going on like for many decades now,

as also we don't panic and sell, 'when the bear bites'.

You're buying individual companies, not the overall market.

Use price discipline as your anchor, not the daily fluctuations in market.

Look for blue chip / dividend aristocrats that have been beaten down recently. Quite a handful of them are rebounding in prices of late.

Have 30%-40% of cash in your warchest and then watch out for undervalued stocks. I would watch out for a point that I don't mind buying into and then buy some stocks when it reaches that level. But of course, you need to consider if the market will continue to dip further by reading up more on the company.

Yes/No for myself. It depends on what kind of stocks are holding on to now? Ideally, if you are conf...

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