Originally Posted By: CatBrat
Woohoo! 401k looking good today. 1 year market gain, around 15% after today. Around 9k increase in last 4 weeks. Market timing does pay off.


Funny. The 1 year return on my 403b, from 8/31/2010 to 8/31/2011, was 13.7% -- and that's with me doing absolutely nothing other than making my automatic bi-monthly contributions.

Does market timing really pay off?