Have you ever had to take medicine that tastes absolutely awful.  But, it was good for you ... and it made you well or healthy, as the case may be?

The stock market is like that right now.  After an  approx 25-30% run-up over the last couple of years, it is now in a bit of a funk (ergo correction).  Its down about 10% in the past 6 weeks  .... as people start worrying about inflation ... oil prices ... terrorism .... hurricanes ... yadi yadi yadi.

I hate down markets. They make me blue.  BUT, and this is a big but .... it is in the down markets that I put in place what I need to make the money in the up market.  Thus, I need "down markets" so I buy stocks cheaply ... then sell in the "up market" ... like Xerox and Lucent ... still waiting on the right moment for Union Pacific and Boeing.

So ... patience is key. Positioning is critical.  The reward will come.  Nevertheless, it still makes me blue ....