You Can't Afford to Sit on the Sidelines

Clearly, at a point when it looks like the world is going to hell in a handbasket, sitting on the sidelines in cash would appear to be the safest strategy. But the one major problem with that strategy is the "safety" you feel is an illusion. And the strategy doesn't work.

Here's why. You see, you can't score if you don't play. And if your bear market investing strategy is to sit on the sidelines during volatile stretches, the odds are good that you'll end up as a mere spectator when stock prices rebound -- meaning, you'll miss out on the big updraft that generates the long-term profits we seek.