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It's not that it's difficult because that implies that, if you work really hard, you can do it. The problem you are up against is that, as the stock market responds to events, it is not possible to predict it reliably as you can't foresee the future. So, rather than difficult, I would say it is impossible. It's like trying to predict if a coin will be heads or tails, you can't try really hard and get it right, you can only guess and hope you are lucky.
OK, with the stock market there are things you can analyse that might be able to increase your probability slightly, but any such system would need you to make lots of small bets rather than one massive one.
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I've been reading alot stuff about valuations and inflation aswell other various potential signs.
Some very well known grand names who have historically good investing track records (buffet et al) all seem to agree.
Even so still very difficult move to pull off. Timing the market had always been a notoriously difficult task.