Quote Originally Posted by MaryMary View Post
For anyone trying to be smarter catching a falling knife is not recommended, it seems like you want to repeat the same mistake you made years ago. Using your time off the market to improve your knowledge and understanding, summarize and learn from previous experience is much better way to achieve.
#1 step should be to determine NOT what stocks to buy, but what do you want this money to do: be a part of your retirement (how old are you?), college fund for your kids (how old are they?), emergency fund, or just savings money. It would influence everything else: what to buy, for how long to stay on the market, etc.

My husband would totally agree with you. He has been doing our investment for years and recently stopped and started reading. I was in a rush to buy gold but decided to get more info by talking to a few financial consultants (free service from our banks).