US Stock Market...in or out!

People first, money second and I concur never lose sleep over it. Gold and silver hit new highs today as the Dollar is dropping more. I studied CAPM and can do 2nd, 3rd, 4th derivatives in my head and took a lot of stats and calculus, watch the markets like a hawk and I can say the best traders are correct 60% of the time. On a trend, it is incomprehensible to me to even think that the Dollar could go up in value to an index of currency. We are past the point of no return with the debt and entitlements will just accelerate the demise of the Dollar. I live here in the USA for now unfortunately albeit the characteristics of the American psyche have changed significantly to think the entitlements are okay and those that do not think it is okay, are jumping on the "me too" bandwagon politicians are scared to cut entitlements as a spokesperson from whatever group might receive the potential cut will hold a baby out to the TV camera and say “these people will suffer” and then consequently the politicians will fear not get reelected so entitlements continue. Someone get me a visa to Thailand to live forever despite being 42 without me getting married and also buy my business in America, it is a nice cash cow

in october of 07 til february of 09,my portfolio went down about 35%.I took 100 grand out and put it in A cd for 6 months.When the market started coming back in march of 09,I got back in.Im A little better than back to even.But getting dividends every 3 months i'm way ahead.
The problem is oil.If it goes up to much more they'll be A double dip.

"Any advice is greatly appreciated."

If you're up at 1AM worrying about a single day's fall in the market, it's time to bail.
If you're playing with aggressive stocks at age 60+, I hope it's your pocket change, not your life savings!

"or just go right into bonds"

A lot of people are saying shy away from bonds......they'll get creamed when/if the fed starts raising rates. Me, I have some, but not high yield, and only a small portion of the portfolio..

Big drop in the market on Monday, but nice bounce back up with companies reporting good earnings.

Semperfiguy, After the falls of the 19th it's pretty much inevitable that there would be a bounce (up) on the 20th - the following day, as indeed there was yesterday. Asian markets, along with European "futures" all point upwards again today, (European futures about 0.8% up at the moment), and its likely the US will follow suit. So I wouldn't be selling before today or tomorrow! ....Correction, .... that would have to be today, as tomorrow is Good Friday a holiday in the west

Assuming that you don't want to diversify into other sectors, why not sell half of each of your holdings over the next few days, bank that, and then review things re the remainder in another few weeks.

You also have to ask yourself where will you put the cash released from the equity markets. With bank interest rates as low as they are currently and likely to remain low for the rest of this year, stocks with strong dividends are both sought after and useful to hold in one's portfolio. I have a strong emphasis on such dividend paying stocks.

This might be a useful reference point for you:

http://finance.yahoo.com/

In my point view a person should invest in those commodities which so diversified that literally no risk factor can affect its return adversely.In other words you need to have diversified portfolio so that risk factor can be minimized no matter what market you are in.

Dow Jones close 12,208, up 2.86% for the day.
Yes, I realize the end of the world may come tomorrow, but for today, it's a bright, sunny day!

My portfolio went up about 75% from december of 05 til october of 07.Then it went down about 35%. I still kept on getting the quarterly dividends so I managed ok.Now i'm back to where I was at the highest.
I have good companies chevron,mcdonalds,phillip morris ,proctor and gamble just to name A few.
And yes it is my retirement money.
I mean if the stock market goes ratical I will get out 100%.But until then i'm just holding on for dear life.

I have been in the market for many years,mostly as a trader.There is nothing wrong with the market,most solid companies are making money.Economic ,political and social unrest problems are what is effecting people,but the large companies are managing just fine.
The market goes up and down according to those 3 effects on people.If you are an investor,then you need to look at the market as a long term situation with monies you don't need for daily living and you will be fine!
The market has been fantastic for traders,because of the volatility,the big swings are exactly what traders make their money on!
The only thing that will effect the market in a negative way,long term,is more regulation and higher taxes!