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How I Stopped Timing the Market and Started Growing Wealth | by Clearest | Jan, 2025

How I Stopped Timing the Market and Started Growing Wealth | by Clearest | Jan, 2025

The simple strategy that turned stock market stress into success

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What is the best strategy when investing in stocks? The stock market can feel like a roller coaster, with its dizzying highs and terrifying drops. It’s tempting to try to outsmart the market, to buy low and sell high, to predict the next crash or the next boom. Many of us try to time the market when there is no one can predict what happen, it create more loss than gain in the long run. I’ve been there, lured by the siren song of quick profits and the illusion of control.

But through experience, I’ve learned a hard truth, timing the market is a fool’s errand. It’s a game that even the most seasoned professionals struggle to win consistently. For the average investor, it’s a recipe for stress, anxiety, and often, significant losses. Same like when COVID-19 hit and stock all going down, we panic and sell.

Why Timing the Market Fails

The idea of buying at the bottom and selling at the top is incredibly appealing. But it’s a fantasy. No one, not even the most sophisticated investors, can consistently predict the market’s movements with perfect accuracy.

Think back to 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic sent shockwaves through the global economy…

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