re: Anyone else taking profit and sitting the cash on the side? Getting a little nervous.

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Its getting tough to make a case for lowered rates, which, if we could, would spur more money flowing into equities

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ranting about timing the market,

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Timing the market is like trying to use the rhythm method to avoid or to try to get your significant other pregnant.

Sometimes it works; other times it doesn’t.

This is an imperfect analogy, but it works for me. The market "breathes" providing natural fluctuation up and down. Also, the market goes up over time. Trading on that natural fluctuation is not a wise move in my opinion, because it can't be predicted (i.e., you can't time the market). However, you can be fairly certain that the market will go up over time. So, buy and hold or pick a time horizon that's long enough to get you out of the unknowable 'breathing' zone.

The Fed cut interest rates in an inflationary environment; buy it up. Loaf of bread heading to $10 .