Is the stock market even real anymore?

Billycock

solidpro said:

Sounds like you'd struggle to buy a dog, cross the road or whether to fill up the car at 75%, 50% or 25% for fear of there not being another open garage or the weight of the fuel having an effect on fuel economy.

In other words, over thinking. If you sit on it, you're safe and lose over time. If you invest you risk it all but could double your money. That's it.

I put everything I can into pension and S&S ISAs and almost all of it goes into stocks because that appears to be what many who I best-guess are much cleverer/learned people than I are doing, and I've at least 20 years to ride out any storms.

If you're trying to time it, there are thousands of people earning billions who timed it a month, a week, a day an  hour before you. Unless you become one of them, it'll never work.

Top post, straight forward and to the point. Well said.