If I were you, this is what I would do:
- If you have just incurred significant paper losses, don't panic--DON'T SELL. There's every reason to believe that things will go back to "normal" in the foreseeable future; if they don't, then you have bigger problems than the money you have lost.
- Invest half of your investable funds "in the market" (i.e., a diversified equity fund such as an equity UITF or equity index ETF) today
- Use all your remaining capital to buy more of the same funds as soon as the market index (e.g., the PSEi) drops another 5% or so
- Sell everything when the index reverts to its "pre-panic" level
If you're comfortable with your stock picking chops, you can apply the same strategy to individual stocks: your potential return will be several times higher. Of course, if you make the wrong pick, your potential losses would also be proportionately bigger.
Are you as excited as I am for what lies ahead?