With Markets Up Big, Time to Sell?

By Morgan Housel and Matt Koppenheffer – Feb 21, 2013 at 5:15PM

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Market Cap

Today's Change

(-0.06%) -26.59

Current Price

44,895.68

Price as of August 20, 2025, 12:39 p.m. ET

As the Dow approaches an all-time high, has the upside run out?

In the following video, Motley Fool analysts Morgan Housel and Matt Koppenheffer sit down and discuss the Dow (^DJI -0.06%), as it approaches its all-time high. Is now the time to sell before a big pullback comes? Morgan and Matt give investors a rational value investor perspective, to calm investor nerves.

About the Author

Morgan Housel is the best-selling author of The Psychology of Money and Same as Ever. A former economics and finance columnist for Fool.com and analyst for Motley Fool One, he currently serves as a partner at The Collaborative Fund and on the board of directors at Markel.

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Morgan Housel has no position in any stocks mentioned. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Bank of America. The Motley Fool owns shares of Bank of America. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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