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What can I say, your feeling was wrong.;) I know where you're coming from though and I agree. Whenever I've sold a property it's been for many reasons, not solely market timing. I watch the market, I don't watch or analyse individual shares. I got out because the market had been...

That's right, they're short/ medium term paper losses whilst establishing a position in a market cycle. Provided I stick to my strategy, they're the only losses I'm likely to make. Unless the whole economy goes bust. RC

I'm actually saving time by paying fund managers but I assume you mean it's costing me money unecessarily. You're probably right but I use them because- 1) It saves me time 2) I can get the benefits of gearing without borrowing myself. No margin calls. 3) I'm not particularly interested in...

It's a good feeling selling over priced houses to buy under valued shares. At least I think that's what I'm doing. Sunfish mightn't agree.;) It's an even better feeling to have paid down some debt and be sitting on plenty of cash in the current climate. Might even buy some gold. See ,we...

If you're dollar cost averaging into a falling market then you're losing money. The more the market drops the more you lose. The more you put in the lower your average cost. If the only losses I make are from dollar cost averaging into a market that's already gone bust then I'll be very happy...

Sunfish, I'm struggling with this for a number of reasons. 1) I only invest money that I can afford to leave in the market for as long as it takes for my strategy to work. Storm clients bet their houses. 2) I invested heavily during the downturn that followed September 11. Storm clients...

Correct. In regards to your points- a) Thats why I use geared share funds. It's not my hand being forced. b) I'm yet to experience a geared share fund that hasn't come out the other side. More to the point, I haven't experienced one that didn't perform exceedingly well after coming out...

You probably know what works for you within your own strategy. As far as my strategy is concerned, I'm dead serious. In fact it's the very basis of how I make money(and avoid losing money) on the sharemarket. I should clarify though that I don't pick individual shares but invest in "the...

Exactly. The more you lose the more you put in. The more you make the more you pull out. Doing it the other way around is a recipe for disaster IMO. RC

With regard to shares buy in gloom and sell in boom. In regards to property be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. Same basic principle except that you need to take into account the transaction costs when selling out of property. These quotes get bandied...