The Market-Timing Game

You know why I don’t time the market? Check out the game at this link, and you’ll see why.

The game asks you to make buy/sell decisions over a three-year period of the market. It’s based on real data between 1950 and 2018, we just don’t know when.

Investors often think they can “feel” the market based on recent movements. Well, it’s pretty hard to outguess the line.

After playing this a few times, the hardest part psychologically is being out of a market that spikes higher. The fear of missing out is powerful.

One of the parts that makes the game challenging is the fluid vertical axis. When we look at a static chart, the playing field is known. That’s not how it works in real life.

Posted by on May 24th, 2018 at 10:32 am


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