As a recent investor (started October-November), I'll take this period as an incredible learning opportunity and a fantastic experience. I feel like I know more about how the market works every day, and I'm enjoying the ride. That being said, I'm still in the green, and I can't image how some who is 40-50% down must feel.
Keep up the good work!
I imagine that you feel exactly as I did when I made a very large investment into the stock market in 1Q 2008! I lost a lot of money and panic sold instead of holding. J was young and dumb at the time and have since learned to have patience. My new motto is: HODL
Thanks dargor - things become a lot more interesting when you're down though, so be careful!