For investors who know and accept that bears can roam the street longer: 5 mid-cap stocks with upside potential of up to 29%

It is when the market displays the kind of sentiment it is doing now that most investors develop a strong desire to just get out. That’s quite understandable, especially as more trouble is expected. But there is a problem with getting out. The market can turn on a single sentence, over a single weekend, and by the time you register the move, it is gone. As you cannot reliably jump out and back in, the sensible thing to do is to hold on to good businesses and forget about timing the market.