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I had already taken my money out of stocks when the 2008 housing bubble burst, just following my normal yearly stocks to bonds back to stocks cycle. I noticed trading volume had been really high so I panic sold all my stocks about a month before I normally would.
2008 was not a typical year and I do not invest in dow Jones based funds.
Mid 2002 was just about the first year I was able to start investing money. So for me the bush years were great. Anyone that started purring money away in the late 90s, probably not as much.

Then the 2008 non recovery was great for me since I didn't lose any thing to start with. But then by 2010 we were looking at stagnation and recession again.
2009 on was like investing in bonds. It got better towards the end. Light at the end of the tunnel syndrome I guess.

Then before the supposedly rigged 2016 election I kept every in stocks on the very unlikley chance that Trump would win, against the likelihood that the market reaction to hillery wouldn't be that bad. Normally by Nov 4 I have $0 in stocks.
This year I am taking another chance by leaving money in, hopefully everyone will still be riding that Trump high through the new year and not sell or hopefully some bubble isn't going to pop.