Quote Originally Posted by SBQ View Post
It's not how long you stay out of the market but how long you stay invested in the market that counts. Believe me, there are MANY that went to 100% cash in Feb and are still waiting today - assuming there will be a bigger crash to come. Who would be right and who knows where prices will be next month, next year, or in 5 years time?
That's somewhat where I am right now. I keep my (modest) monthly orders going through all of this, and one of them went through during the lowest point, but I have a bit of cash waiting in the wings that I haven't used, and I'm just not sure what to do with it.

My internal dialogue tells me I have 3 options; 1. Keep the cash where it is and invest it all when (or if!) a crash comes. 2. Beef up my monthly orders and release it with dollar cost averaging over a longer period of time. 3. Invest it all into a long term hold in the near future and cast off my worries about volatility, as that's going to be the reality for the next little while.