My own personal strategy long term is to double my contribution from 13% to 16% during corrections or bears.
The trigger for this occured not too long ago. After a correction occurs they usually last 10 months and bears last 15. You can plan your increased contribution based on that historical length. Of course the time span may be lengthened if a correction becomes a bear.
This current bear market is only 3 months old. If you have a long time horizon this strategy is one of the few market timing "tricks" you can safely take advantage of. However, for it to work you have to be on autopilot. Your increased contribution will start once a correction or bear is confirmed and go back to normal once 10 or 15 months pass. Mark that in your calendar to get it right.
This strategy will ensure that you buy more shares over time when they are "on sale".
https://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-bear-markets.html
Submitted January 04, 2019 at 06:47PM by Objective_Stage http://bit.ly/2TtuGtD
