"Buy in gloom and sell in boom" is one of those share market pearls of wisdom that is easier said than done, but once again the sage advice has been proved right. When the Australian share market hit a five-and-a-half year low on March 6 this year, only the most intrepid investors were buying shares (….or remaining in them). Six months later (as the accompanying graph shows), the market has rebounded by 41 per cent and those investors with nerves of steel are feeling vindicated...

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