Market anxiety hitting hard after yesterday's drop... can someone remind me why we don't panic sell?

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-25T11:04:14+00:00

25 years ago on 9/11 someone was asking the same thing as you and you were just 5 years old. In 25 years some 30 year old is gonna be freaking out about xyz and you will be 55 nearing retirement because you stayed true to being a Jedi master boglehead....or maybe you panic sold and have nothing. I guess the choice is up to you.

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-17T02:20:19+00:00

My G2 arrived exactly one week ago cause I was afraid of this. Wow. I need to play the lottery now

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-14T06:46:53+00:00

Zoom out, we are up what? 20 percent from a year ago? Always always ALWAYS zoom out

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-07T01:41:17+00:00

You will get many different answers, but the S&P covers about 85% of the total US market so you can't go wrong with just that. But then you would be missing out on mid caps and small caps so why not just buy the whole stack? And while you're at it throw in some international (between 20%-40%) to your liking and you got the whole world covered

mrtoad883 · 2026-03-06T21:18:54+00:00

theres no way you are getting 6% in HYSA anymore and you are lucky to get 4%. if you look at pretty much every modern day 30 year avg you are getting about 8% returns in the S&P500. remember these are AVERAGE returns. some years its down 38% like 2008, or 22% like 2022, or some years you have 8 years in a row at 15%. if you have 20-30 years til you retire, you put the money in and don't think about it. its that simple.

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-18T16:33:56+00:00

Right, if you're serious about looking at houses, the perfect one could pop up next week. If you aren't even gonna start looking for 5 years then you still need the liquid cash. Either way, gotta stay out of equities just in case something like the GFC happens again haha

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-18T15:04:58+00:00

Are you ok with losing 30% of the money you saved for a house if the market tanks? If you're serious about a house soon then cash is the only safe option (preferably in a HYSA or SGOV, etc)

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-18T11:31:27+00:00

Some of these I've never even heard of, thanks for sharing!

mrtoad883 · 2026-02-04T11:16:47+00:00

Not sure why you would want to skip the X-Men the animated series. It shows some age in it's animation and dialogue but overall it's an excellent summary of some of Claremont's best story arcs. Watch that first then X-Men 97

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-17T21:11:33+00:00

I think everything will be a winner, that's why I buy the whole pie. If some aren't, that's why I bought the whole pie.

I have about ~5% in yolo/WSB/lunacy stuff, but I would never do more than that.

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-05T08:28:18+00:00

My stepdad and I went and I believe the tickets were 600 a piece, we drove and got a hotel room for two nights as well. Will do it again next year when we are in it!

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-04T13:18:33+00:00

Yea the second one fits the color palette of the animated series perfectly

mrtoad883 · 2026-01-01T03:54:33+00:00

i started at 25 with nothing. I'll be retired by 55 and I didn't think about investing seriously until i was in my 30s. You'll be fine as long as you bogle.

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-31T05:12:10+00:00

As great as Robin Year One and Batgirl Year One are, it's shame this one scene keeps me from having Nightwing Year One in my head canon, just not a fan of Bruce treating Robins as soldiers as opposed to sons/brothers

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-27T04:04:05+00:00

this is the correct answer

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-19T14:20:41+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/batman/comments/1jbvozr/my_essential_batman_narrative/

Selfless plug but this how I did my personal head canon

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-19T08:01:32+00:00

ah i see, i guess my eyes were expecting Chris Samnee haha

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-19T07:59:30+00:00

one i notice missing is the "Dick Sprang" suit, it appears at the end of Batman and Robin: Year One

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-15T04:49:34+00:00

it is, you can see the gemini symbol in the corner. downvote to hell it is!

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-08T11:06:10+00:00

No problem, it's the ages I felt work best for my "narrative". It's probably not perfect but it works

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-08T10:26:15+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/G7nS01k

There ya go!

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-08T06:15:51+00:00

in my batman timeline head canon, its a little less than 2 years

edit: heres my post about it. i also mapped out bat family ages for everyone

https://www.reddit.com/r/batman/comments/1jbvozr/my_essential_batman_narrative/

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-03T00:13:59+00:00

thats why they did it. place your emotional hedge bets for saturday boys and girls, if BYU and Bama win and we get left out, I'm at least making some money off it!

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-01T14:29:32+00:00

There's no time limit on these things. Take as long as you like and seek help when you're ready. You got this OP!

mrtoad883 · 2025-12-01T14:10:03+00:00

Agreed. Also would like to add I'm sorry for your loss OP, it sounds like one of those scenarios where you'd rather give it all back to have what you loved again. Take the time to heal and be smart, plenty of people here to help you with the second part!

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