Latest responses to “Because of Dollar Cost Averaging, I Am Happy When My Stock Investment Portfolio Goes Down” Copyright 2013, MoneyBlueBook.com 401370 2008-01-01T21:47:34-08:00 Raymond Norak, Can anyone really predict and time the market? Even so-called experts can only make educated guesses based on experience, indicators and past trends (although ironically, past trends aren't always good predictors of future trends). When you're talking about the Nikkei and Japan, you're not talking about an emerging market. You're talking about an established economy at mature growth levels with most of its infrastructure already built. Emerging markets operate differently in my opinion. Growth is rapid because their economies are still not at full speed and still in its relative infancy. I see more room to expand ahead for the Asian and Latin emerging markets, particularly the Asian ones. Yes, perhaps it is somewhat of a gamble, but I have a substantially long enough investment horizon to continue averaging down if need be to capture future gains. 401360 2008-01-01T20:34:55-08:00 norak If the market goes down and you believe this is an opportunity to buy because you may be buying at a dip, how do you know the market won't continue to slide south? Furthermore, the Nikkei peaked in the early '90s and then crashed. Seventeen years on the index is still not at the level it was when it peaked. 401350 2007-12-03T19:18:45-08:00 hank No kidding - I'm the same way - my networth statement for this month actually is appearing to drop 15-20%, ugh! But not really - it'll be back up, and stronger because I've still got 30+ years to retirement... Like the blog first time visitor...