Article: Stay Invested in the Market, but Rein in Expectations.(stock market evaluation)(Brief Article)(Column)

IT'S shoulda, coulda, woulda time in the stock market.

"I should have listened to reason a year ago, when I could have sold my. Janus Mercury Fund shares for almost twice what they're worth today," a voice in your head declares.

"I would have done that, too, if I had just recognized what was plain as day -- that the boom in new-age growth stocks had gone to ridiculous extremes. Shame on me if I ever make that mistake again."

So goes the refrain for all too many investors, now that the Internet boom in stocks and stock funds has given way to a relentless bear market.

I suggest we put ...

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