All three major U.S. stock indexes dropped sharply in Monday morning trading, with investors worried about the uncertainty of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on key trading partners and then his refusal to rule out the possibility of a U.S. recession in the coming months.
If people didn’t learn from COVID that they can change to a securities based index and then switch back to the normal index when the market starts to rebound…
They’ll never learn.
You absolutely should not do that. The most robust, proven, long term strategies show that trying to time the market doesn’t work. Sticking with the sp500 index, with a mix of risk hedges adjusted over decades, is robust and proven. The best stock market advice is really boring.