There is nothing quite so certain,
There is no more easy call,
Than predicting during upswings
In the future, stocks will fall.

Market highs don’t last forever,
in the long-term they are shed,
But as Maynard Keynes once noted,
In the long-term we’re all dead.

Thus the real maven talent
When stock av’rages are climbing,
Is to date a coming downturn,
That’s the key to market timing.

Having set a timing standard,
Let me offer some good cheer:
There are rarely market downturns
During an election year.

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