Buyer's Market Timing

I posted information in January about market timing and today I was reminded how tough it is, or isn't to do so. Watching the news over and over has been verifiably disheartening and recently, the few positive things thrown in the press mix are starting to have a positive effect on me.

I believe my mind has choosen to ignore the "bad" and pay strict attention to the "good". When the good news hits the airwaves, it is resounding to me. Am I re-programmed? I believe that one can be so tired of hearing nothing but negative, that subconciously, it's all tuned-out and then tuned-back automatically when we hear positive things. Can somebody please launch a "good-news" channel? Just think of the people that would tune in. Now, there is a whole new untapped market just waiting to be had!

Last January I wrote:

"The other day, I asked a friend of mine who plays the stock market, whether he has ever successfully timed the bottom of a market swing. His reply - "No." If market timing were that simple, there would be many more rich people in this world. Everything we were ever taught, while in school and during the course of our entire lives, was to always Buy Low and Sell High! If most buyers would concentrate more on just buying low with historically low interest rates, then market timing isn't really that important. Waiting for prices to drop another 5-10% means nothing when interest rates climb three quarters to a point above where they currently are.

Consumers will lead us out of this recession and when it's all in the rear-view mirror, there will be a big collective sigh of relief and two catagories of post recession comments: 1) "I'm sure glad we bought when we did!" and 2) "I sure wish I would have bought when the market was at the bottom."

You see, nobody knows what the bottom looks like when you are there. It's only when your on the way up that you recognize it. By then, you missed it!"

There are some good things happening and maybe timing this market bottom is not as hard as it seemed it would be. I keep hearing that we are here and we very well could be. Then again, it may take a little while while longer but one thing's for sure, when the ride up comes, it will be a good ride to catch. As we all tune-in to the good stuff, good things will happen!

And if you are in the market to buy...then get in already and buy something!