Is now a good time to buy the dip?

[Max T.]

The stock market took a big hit last week.

We are all RE investors but many of us also invest in the market.

Personally I use a set it and forget it approach - monthly auto deposits into 2 accounts: an IRA and a 529 (both Vanguard).

However I do like to do some extra buying when I think the market makes a temporary yet significant drop.

So is now a good time to pump some extra money in?

Or do you think it will go down more before it goes up?

[Ryan Freet]

Ahh, that makes sense. If you are looking at a long position in these funds then I would say putting more money in makes sense over the next month. However given the upcoming presidential election and all of the uncertainty I believe there will be substantial volatility through that period. I divested a great deal of my holdings over the past year with the intent of putting them back into the market sometime in 2021.