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Should I Continue Investing Every Month?
I like the idea of investing every month.
I have my investments set up on an automatic investment plan so I don't even have to think about it.
However, am I investing in the right thing? All my investments are doing poorly as the stock market continues to struggle.
Maybe I should be investing every month into a business or into real estate investments?
I guess the idea of buying cheap homes is the same as the idea of buying cheap stocks when they are doing poorly now.
The main hope is that at some point the stock market will do well again and then I can thank myself for buying so much stock when the prices were falling as they are doing now.
So my biggest question is do I think the stock market will some day rebound?
History says yes, but history also shows that the American economy was built on cheap oil and open land that is no longer as plentiful.
Would I invest in a bee hive if I knew that pollen was no longer as available as it used to be?
I have my investments set up on an automatic investment plan so I don't even have to think about it.
However, am I investing in the right thing? All my investments are doing poorly as the stock market continues to struggle.
Maybe I should be investing every month into a business or into real estate investments?
I guess the idea of buying cheap homes is the same as the idea of buying cheap stocks when they are doing poorly now.
The main hope is that at some point the stock market will do well again and then I can thank myself for buying so much stock when the prices were falling as they are doing now.
So my biggest question is do I think the stock market will some day rebound?
History says yes, but history also shows that the American economy was built on cheap oil and open land that is no longer as plentiful.
Would I invest in a bee hive if I knew that pollen was no longer as available as it used to be?
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Comment by paul on July 16, 2008 at 10:19am
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Hmmm, the oil as polen analogy is a pretty good one. Considering that our President lied us into a war so we could steal a bunch of pollen from Iraq, maybe the economy will rebound if the military industrial complex is successful in getting the oil in Iraq onto the market in big amounts.
I also think it matters how old you are. If you are nearing retirement, then putting the last few years have been devastating on your portfolio (sorry all you baby boomers who wanted to retire soon), but if you are young, then I think it is a good idea to see the falling market as a sale on stocks.
Also, you should probably consider some global index funds. China, India, and Brazil are experiencing rapid amounts of growth.
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