What a good suggestion and meaningful thought.Many of us often lose sight of our long-term goals when we spot an opportunity to earn some short term gains. For example, in a current market-like situation, it can be tempting to pull the money out of equity markets and invest it in debt instruments. However, if you do so, you would be compromising the long-term prospects of your portfolio. Similarly, a depressed stock market may tempt you to invest even short-term money in it to make a quick buck. This could result in you either losing a part of your investments or earning low returns. Remember that timing the market is a strategy that even experts find difficult to implement successfully.But nevertheless is not easy to write off.