In the summer of 1990, I was buying stocks and I was probably three or four months early there. But we had a great rally in 1991.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you go back to 2001, the market had two violent short covering rallies then, although I know the market didn't officially get going until March 2003.
I always tell my traders that they would've loved the 1990s because it was a fairly easy time to make money.
I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer.
I started buying on the Internet quite rapidly, as early as 1995.
My advice to the average investor in 1988 is to be patient and think long-term. It will take 18 months for confidence to get better and, in the meantime, this is absolutely no place for short-term money.
I've been investing in the stock market for 27 years and, within that time, have helped investors beat the market nearly four to one.
I graduated in 2009, which - if you think back to where the economy was at that time - was an interesting time to graduate.
My only foray into anything stock-market-related was in my eighth grade social studies class. I have steered clear ever since.
I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks.
I was in the equity-trading department at Merrill Lynch. I was there in 1987 when the market crashed.