If you have some extra cash right now, there’s a big sale going on right now you should know about. It’s called the stock market.

When a place like Macy’s has a shoe sale, you want to be a buyer… This current market situation is like that Macy’s shoe sale: It’s the stock-sale of a generation. So keep doing your dividend reinvestment programs, keep on dollar-cost-averaging, and keep investing in increments. Two to three years from now, you’ll be glad that you did, or wished you had.

—Consuelo Mack, host of PBS’ “Consuelo Mack WealthTrack”.

Stock market’s silver lining [Bankrate] (Photo: Ben Popken)

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