Why would you? I don’t. Not right now.
You’ve got a 401(k) statement coming in. You may have a brokerage account statement or two coming in. Are you shrinking in fear from the thought of breaching the envelope?
Well, dig: You planned your strategy considering the hills and valleys of the market, right? You’re a young person, or relatively so, and you told yourself, or a broker, or both: Yeah, I can stand it. Let me have it. Short-term erratica is fine if it means long-term gains. You said that, right? Remember? Stay with me, now. I understand that it’s easy to say it when everything’s through the damned roof, and easy to forget when the market’s in the toilet.
Well, friend, this is a valley. Find the gumption to stand pat. File that thing unopened, and know you’re doing the right thing long-term.
And if you’ve got cash purchasing more of whatever it is regularly, just consider it a fire sale.
I know gas is $4, but stay with me, dammit!
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It takes a special kind of stomach, doesn’t it?
I only look at ours about once every 6 months or so. Seems to work for me!