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Buy the dips now or after midterms ?

M
Jul 29, 2026 · 22:45

I am curious how everyone is approaching this market.
On one hand, prices have come down and buying during periods of weakness has often rewarded long-term investors. On the other hand, midterm elections can bring uncertainty, and some people prefer to wait until the political and economic outlook is a little clearer.

Are you:

Buying the dip now and averaging in?
Waiting until after the midterms?
Sitting on cash until a bigger pullback?
Ignoring the headlines and sticking to your normal investing schedule?

Interested to hear how others are thinking about it and why. Thanks in advance.

Also, I know most of us have invested in AI related stocks and they are the ones seeing major correction but SPY hasn’t even corrected yet. So, what’s the take here.