It looks like the economy will come out of recession around the end of August. There are actually signs that things are improving, or at least leveling out. The stock market is a leading indicator and moves ahead of the rest of the economy by and large; there are typically a lot of bad news stories when the markets are recovering.
I still think that you ought to be cautiously optimistic at this point. You could throw every dime in today and be thrilled in about 5 years, or you could put it in over the next 8 months and be just as thrilled without the risks along the way.
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