Don't Fight Mr Market
The thing about stock market, losses are sometimes inevitable.  You must be able to take short term pain for long term gains.  For people who do not expect losses as part of the game, then it's better for these people to stick to more traditional ways of growing money.

Always remember that stock market will always have corrections, who knows, it may very well correct further. But in the longer term, the index will keep hitting new highs, (like what it did earlier). Dow has been consistently hitting new highs throughout history.

I am 100% vested now, was hit a bit during recent sell off. I am down about 19% from its high. But currently still sitting on >40% gains from a relatively newly revamped portfolio which focuses on 3 key areas:

1. Growth
2. Low valuations
3. Good dividends 

Don't try to fight Mr Market. Learn to accept Mr Market as a friend and not a foe, and understand his behavior. And take advantage of this friend when he is in a lousy or depressed mood. And above all, learn to be a better investor by understanding the investment approach, as opposed to punting. Then I believe we should be on a more certain path - but still a bumpy one at times - towards long term wealth accumulation. 

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