Does Market Timing Work?
The problem with buy and hold and pretty much every current strategy is that its distorted by the huge 40 year bull market we've seen in the USA. Every American asset has gone up big time - of course "time in the market" is a good thing.<p>If you look at Japanese or European stock markets they tell a very different story. Similarly the next 40 years in the USA could be a miserable time for investors. I can't believe how much people take for granted that stock markets "usually go up 7% a year" or whatever.<p>No one really knows but it wont be as good as the last few decades.