re: DJ down 550 today and over 1000 on the week, is it starting?

What if when you bought it you invested the dividends back into the stock and bought more shares? Happens all the time.


By the way dividends reduce share price

All the time otherwise there would never be new all time highs.

Ask people that sat on the sidelines when they thought Amazon was too high at $100, $200, etc

Down over 1100 now

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Is this the start to the correction?

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It's a little bit of a panic - computer driven cycle at this point. Let's face it, the market, overall, was overbought - the numbers are so big, it looks gigantic, but even a 20% drop wouldn't be catastrophic - the tax cut money is about to hit paychecks, in a few months (at worst), we'll start up the next bull run.

Right?

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It's a little bit of a panic - computer driven cycle at this point. Let's face it, the market, overall, was overbought - the numbers are so big, it looks gigantic, but even a 20% drop wouldn't be catastrophic - the tax cut money is about to hit paychecks, in a few months (at worst), we'll start up the next bull run.

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Stick your dick in the ground and pray for rain.

Forgive me, I'm not big into investing. I just have a Roth IRA with the majority of it tied to the S&P 500 index. I invest a bit each month into it and never really pay attention otherwise.

What's happening to cause this massive selloff? Should I be concerned? Should I make any adjustments?

Just do what you’re doing and don’t worry about fluctuations. Absent luck, you’ll be better off in the long run by never touching it.

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WTF you aren't retiring tomorrow. Ride this shite out

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That's what I was thinking as well. I pulled what little bit I had in the market out in the crash of 2008 and I've regretted it ever since. It would've increased tenfold by now had I left it in back then. Don't want to make the same stupid mistake again.