Market price matters at only two points in time. When you buy and when you sell. In between, it is only a distraction.

Broad-market indexes like S&P 500 must rise over the long term. The upward path is the only logical direction. Prices can be suppressed for a short period, but eventually, the index will continue its course.

The government wants to keep the capital markets healthy and thriving. They will do whatever in their power to avoid or reverse a recession.

Buy the business, not the price.

Analyzing prices is not wrong. However, picking inflated prices as your only source of information is terrible.

When you buy a stock, you buy a piece of business, not a quote from a broker. As long as the company is doing good, your investment is safe.

The most important thing is to invest and buy shares in successful businesses. The second most important thing is to buy right and do not pay excessive amounts.

If you have some working knowledge of business and accounting and have a lot of patience to ride out market ups and downs, you can be a stock picker. You just need to understand that stocks are proportionate ownership of earning businesses.

Stocks are not market tickers represented by daily quotes but proportionate ownership of businesses and should be viewed accordingly.