You better listen to me.
Get out of there ASAP.
Here is what you are doing wrong.

1. Investing in stock. Don’t get me wrong. Nothing is really wrong with investing in stock. But you put a big chunk of money in stock WHEN YOU ARE A FIRST TIMER and WHEN THE MARKET IS VERY VOLATILE.

2. Investing in stock with the money that you plan to use very soon LIKE WITHIN 6 MONTHS. You do not invest with money you are going to use soon. Why? you never know what will happen to stock market tomorrow. What if the market crashes tomorrow and you lose 50% of what you invested????

Yes. you made good profit by getting into the market back in March when the market hit the bottom. (May not be the real bottom) Ask to yourself. Were you smart enough to know the bottom or were you just lucky. I think you were just lucky. How long do you think this luck will go on???

999 out of 1000 first timers lose money in the stock market. You were extremely lucky to make money in these days.

Let me tell you what would happen if your luck is over today.
We see double dip soon, and market hit a new bottom like DJI 5000. You lose 50% of what you invested and you now have only $25k. What are you going to do? Because you are a first timer, you will want to recover your loss so to make it even at the end $50k instead of getting out of the market. So you don’t sell (it’s too late anyway) and you put more money(20K) in the stock market. Now you have 45K in the stock. But the stock market hit lower bottom at DJI 2500. Now you have only 20K in your stock with loss of 50K overall and you can’t buy a home with only what left. A DISASTER!

Most first timers lose money and most of them don’t quit because they want to make up their loss. It’s exactly what people in casino do. Stock or Casino, people lose money for the exactly same reason. GREED!

In short. You made money because you were lucky so far. But your luck will not stay with you forever. It will go away soon. If so, you will lose at the end. So what to do now? Get out of market while you haven’t lost anything. Better yet you’ve made good profit. So THIS IS A PERFECT TIME TO GET OUT OF THE MARKET FOR A NEWBIE. Don’t be greedy. People lose because they are greedy.

Listen to me or you will regret.

If you sell not and the market could go north, then you will miss another good chance to make profit. If you blame me in that case, you are a dumb. Hey, at least you did not lose. That is VERY good thing FOR A FIRST TIMER.

Do not try to predict double dip or not. No one has the answer. Just get out then you don’t have to worry about double dip. Then put the money where safe until you buy the home you wanted.

>안녕하세요.
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>주식 초짜입니다. 금년 2월에 집을 사려고 했다고, 집 구매를 연기하고 일정 금액을 mutual fund와 일부 stock을 금년 3~5월 초 사이에 구매했습니다. 3월에 잘 오르길래 투자금을 늘려서 5월까지 한 5만불 정도 투자했습니다.
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>난생 처음으로 주식에 돈을 투자했는데, 3월에 넣은 주식과 펀드가 많이 올랐습니다. 보유하고 있는 주식은 대략 Wells fargo 와 Alcoa. 펀드는 블루칩펀드, 에너지 회사 관력 펀드, 그리고 은행 관련펀드 입니다.
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>이제는 집을 구매하고 싶다는 생각에 언제가 정리를 해야 하는데, 사실 언제가 좋은지 어떤 징후가 있을때 정리해야 하는지 잘 모르겠습니다.
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>내년 3월 전에는 정리하고 집사는데 쓰려고 하는데 언제가 좋을까요? 제가 할 줄 아는 투자는 401k 와 CD가 다였고, 조언 구하기가 힘들어 글 올립니다.
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>정말 더블 딥이 올까요?
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>두서없음을 용서해 주시고, 지혜를 나누어 주시면 감사하겠습니다.
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