Once we understand that market cycle is real. We can get ourselves badly hurt. But, once, we are badly hurt by the market, we will soon learn how to handle future market cycles better.  There will be several market cycles in our investing journey. For most retail investors, it is not so much about acquiring more and more superior investing method to pick ever winning stocks. No! It is not! The Past is not the Present. The Present is not the Future. It is not easy to do that. But, we can choose to focus more and more on our Mind and Money Management. These are the areas where we do have some control. Soon we will learn the truth meaning behind buy slowly during DOWN cycle and sell slowly during UP cycle so that we are in better control of our money according to the rhythms of the market......