RE:SilverbabyExactly. It seems nowadays there are not as many buy and hold investors as there used to be. For those who say it doesn’t work, look at one of the richest men in the world, Warren Buffet. I have a number of stocks that were purchased for me by my parents 30 years ago such as BCE, CIBC, BMO to name a few. I didn’t sell a single share during the 08-09 crash, I simply collected my dividends and waited for a recovery. To calm myself I looked at what happened during the Great Depression when the market fell 90%. The big banks still continued to pay their dividends. I understand that if you are older you may need to sell some of your stocks, but at my age I’m happy to keep collecting dividends.