<prompt> Human: Im a sophomore in college and had 7300 invested in VTI through Fidelity a few months ago. Now I have 6500 and it seems that times are getting tough in the stock market. Should I exit and lose a net 300, wait and risk losing thousands, or wait because times will get better?  <response>: No. Just wait it out. This is normal, the market is going to go down like this many, many times in your lifetime, youve gotta learn to resist the urge to sell every time it dips. 