Liquidate entire portfolio until virus is over?

EdGasketTheSecond

I would not invest anything in the market generally until we are through the virus peak in the UK and Europe. Maybe do 8 lots of 5K over 8 months if you are itching to invest.

Ciprico

Buy an etf. For example if you fancied vls60 put 60% in a global tracker and keep 40% as cash
When things stabilise sell the etf and buy vls60.
At the moment cash is probably safer than bonds.... avoids the timing issue

bostonerimus

I'm glad I didn't use my ring fenced spending cash to buy into the market at the end of last week. My first rebalancing is done, $100k of bonds into equities, and I'll do it again as the markets go up and down, but I probably won't be looking at the numbers again for a couple of weeks - just too much volatility to make sane adjustments.

Kendall80

How to make a million..... invest 1.1 mill in the S&P500 and hold for a day.

Thrugelmir

123mat123 said:

Buy an etf. For example if you fancied vls60 put 60% in a global tracker and keep 40% as cash
When things stabilise sell the etf and buy vls60.

ETF's themselves can suffer from wide spreads due to liquidity issues in the marketplace. Someone needs to be willing to buy what you are selling. 

Ciprico

Thrugelmir said:

123mat123 said:

Buy an etf. For example if you fancied vls60 put 60% in a global tracker and keep 40% as cash
When things stabilise sell the etf and buy vls60.

ETF's themselves can suffer from wide spreads due to liquidity issues in the marketplace. Someone needs to be willing to buy what you are selling. 

But you get a chance to see and confirm price before committing ? 

bostonerimus

Kendall80 said:

How to make a million..... invest 1.1 mill in the S&P500 and hold for a day.

or lose a lot too. The critical thing is when you look at the numbers. 

Thrugelmir

123mat123 said:

Thrugelmir said:

123mat123 said:

Buy an etf. For example if you fancied vls60 put 60% in a global tracker and keep 40% as cash
When things stabilise sell the etf and buy vls60.

ETF's themselves can suffer from wide spreads due to liquidity issues in the marketplace. Someone needs to be willing to buy what you are selling. 

But you get a chance to see and confirm price before committing ? 

Hence the saying the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. 

Grandst2

I've been through two 50% bear markets, looks like I'm heading for my third. Just pure bad luck.

Thrugelmir

You've been fortunate to miss a few others. The Nikkei crash is a stark reminder of what can happen. 
Nothing to do with bad luck. Far more frequent than you'd imagine. There's a very heavy weight book called

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

by Reinhart and Rogoff. History just keeps on repeating itself for one reason or another.