Are any of you cashing out investments?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

I don't see how this incredible fascist shit show could fail to dump the market at some point in the fairly near future, tax breaks and deregulation nonwithstanding, this whole shit feels so unstable right now. How can investors possible feel comfortable with it?

I'm astounded that the markets haven't taken a dump yet, with the election result, and now with this incredible circus.

It's not an issue of timing things exactly. I know you can't do that. If I dumped a bunch of U.S. securities tomorrow I wouldn't be shocked if the markets continued to go up another spell before what I consider to be inevitable.

I'd never short the market, to me that has too much upside risk, but I could see consolidating some gains and decreasing risk for a bit.

[Dem2]

1. I've been considering it

I may move some into more secure funds.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. Not yet

But I've move a bit of it to more conservative securities.

[elleng]

3. Repug administrations always result in losses/recessions/depressions.

I'm watching and waiting, lowered high end taxes & big spending plans. I'm in managed low risk funds, so will consult.

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. What's your cost basis?

Have you made sufficient gains that going to cash or bonds will be acceptable?

You're right, timing the market is difficult at best and as a broker friend used to say, "trees don't grow to the sky"

Watch the leading indicators....

Watch the yield on the 10 & 30 year Treasuries. If they start to spike up it means a selloff in US Debt securities is happening.

That would be a BAD sign.

However, most people tend to allow their emotions to guide them in this regard and that can spell disaster

[DFW]

5. If I still lived in the USA, I would

I now live in Germany, and the taxes on the gains would almost kill the fun. A good friend talked me into investing my life savings in six shares of Berkshire Hathaway A. This was around 20 years ago. I am VERY glad he was so persistent. I am conservative (English definition, not Foxese) by nature, and am normally never receptive to suggestions of that nature.

[Sherman A1]

6. Just moved a good deal of the 401k

into more conservative funds. It was time to do it anyway, but I may move the rest into them as well. I didn't want to go without some growth opportunities, but I needed to pull back the risk.

[Drahthaardogs]

7. Yep. Everything went to bonds on Friday.

Stock market is going to tank. We are due a correction, profit taking should occur since the DOWs high, and the crazy shit going on will affect the market sooner or later.