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March 18, 2008 at 8:11 PM #12167March 18, 2008 at 8:17 PM #172663
barnaby33
ParticipantI’m down for the week, but then its only two days old and one of them (today I think) was a +400 point day. For the month Im up and for the last 12 months up about 200%. Not stellar I know, but then again I never claimed to be a genius.
I stand by what I said. If you think today was part of any sustainable movement in the stock market you need to have your head examined.
It was a bear market rally, triggered by false optimism and aided I would suspect in a lot of short covering. Lets talk in two weeks and see if you are still so smug. I’ve already told you what I’m doing, now its your turn, or are you too much of a chump?
Josh
March 18, 2008 at 8:17 PM #173108barnaby33
ParticipantI’m down for the week, but then its only two days old and one of them (today I think) was a +400 point day. For the month Im up and for the last 12 months up about 200%. Not stellar I know, but then again I never claimed to be a genius.
I stand by what I said. If you think today was part of any sustainable movement in the stock market you need to have your head examined.
It was a bear market rally, triggered by false optimism and aided I would suspect in a lot of short covering. Lets talk in two weeks and see if you are still so smug. I’ve already told you what I’m doing, now its your turn, or are you too much of a chump?
Josh
March 18, 2008 at 8:17 PM #173026barnaby33
ParticipantI’m down for the week, but then its only two days old and one of them (today I think) was a +400 point day. For the month Im up and for the last 12 months up about 200%. Not stellar I know, but then again I never claimed to be a genius.
I stand by what I said. If you think today was part of any sustainable movement in the stock market you need to have your head examined.
It was a bear market rally, triggered by false optimism and aided I would suspect in a lot of short covering. Lets talk in two weeks and see if you are still so smug. I’ve already told you what I’m doing, now its your turn, or are you too much of a chump?
Josh
March 18, 2008 at 8:17 PM #173003barnaby33
ParticipantI’m down for the week, but then its only two days old and one of them (today I think) was a +400 point day. For the month Im up and for the last 12 months up about 200%. Not stellar I know, but then again I never claimed to be a genius.
I stand by what I said. If you think today was part of any sustainable movement in the stock market you need to have your head examined.
It was a bear market rally, triggered by false optimism and aided I would suspect in a lot of short covering. Lets talk in two weeks and see if you are still so smug. I’ve already told you what I’m doing, now its your turn, or are you too much of a chump?
Josh
March 18, 2008 at 8:17 PM #173007barnaby33
ParticipantI’m down for the week, but then its only two days old and one of them (today I think) was a +400 point day. For the month Im up and for the last 12 months up about 200%. Not stellar I know, but then again I never claimed to be a genius.
I stand by what I said. If you think today was part of any sustainable movement in the stock market you need to have your head examined.
It was a bear market rally, triggered by false optimism and aided I would suspect in a lot of short covering. Lets talk in two weeks and see if you are still so smug. I’ve already told you what I’m doing, now its your turn, or are you too much of a chump?
Josh
March 18, 2008 at 8:42 PM #173008Arty
ParticipantTheBreeze,
Are you the same poster who said Dow 10,000 this last Sunday after the $2/share JPM offer? Calm down, even if you are just shorting the market i.e. buying short ETF, do think at least a year from now. At least that’s for me :). Historically, is there ever a stock market crash this early in the year?
March 18, 2008 at 8:42 PM #173031Arty
ParticipantTheBreeze,
Are you the same poster who said Dow 10,000 this last Sunday after the $2/share JPM offer? Calm down, even if you are just shorting the market i.e. buying short ETF, do think at least a year from now. At least that’s for me :). Historically, is there ever a stock market crash this early in the year?
March 18, 2008 at 8:42 PM #173010Arty
ParticipantTheBreeze,
Are you the same poster who said Dow 10,000 this last Sunday after the $2/share JPM offer? Calm down, even if you are just shorting the market i.e. buying short ETF, do think at least a year from now. At least that’s for me :). Historically, is there ever a stock market crash this early in the year?
March 18, 2008 at 8:42 PM #173113Arty
ParticipantTheBreeze,
Are you the same poster who said Dow 10,000 this last Sunday after the $2/share JPM offer? Calm down, even if you are just shorting the market i.e. buying short ETF, do think at least a year from now. At least that’s for me :). Historically, is there ever a stock market crash this early in the year?
March 18, 2008 at 8:42 PM #172668Arty
ParticipantTheBreeze,
Are you the same poster who said Dow 10,000 this last Sunday after the $2/share JPM offer? Calm down, even if you are just shorting the market i.e. buying short ETF, do think at least a year from now. At least that’s for me :). Historically, is there ever a stock market crash this early in the year?
March 18, 2008 at 8:50 PM #173016TheBreeze
ParticipantI’m still dollar-cost averaging. I get paid every two weeks and I contribute the max to my 401(k) and that goes automatically into a few index funds. I also make periodic investments in the SPY outside of my 401(k).
More importantly, I haven’t pulled out of any of the investments I’ve made over the last several years. Slow and steady wins the race.
And yes, I did say 10K on Monday. That’s how low I think the market could go before this is all over. It doesn’t mean I’m selling though. Since I’m not a trading genius like Barnaby, I plan to continue dollar cost averaging over the next 15 years regardless of how the market does in the short term.
I’ve yet to see any of the trading geniuses say what they are doing in real time. It’s always “I’m up 200% for the year” or some BS like that.
March 18, 2008 at 8:50 PM #173023TheBreeze
ParticipantI’m still dollar-cost averaging. I get paid every two weeks and I contribute the max to my 401(k) and that goes automatically into a few index funds. I also make periodic investments in the SPY outside of my 401(k).
More importantly, I haven’t pulled out of any of the investments I’ve made over the last several years. Slow and steady wins the race.
And yes, I did say 10K on Monday. That’s how low I think the market could go before this is all over. It doesn’t mean I’m selling though. Since I’m not a trading genius like Barnaby, I plan to continue dollar cost averaging over the next 15 years regardless of how the market does in the short term.
I’ve yet to see any of the trading geniuses say what they are doing in real time. It’s always “I’m up 200% for the year” or some BS like that.
March 18, 2008 at 8:50 PM #173122TheBreeze
ParticipantI’m still dollar-cost averaging. I get paid every two weeks and I contribute the max to my 401(k) and that goes automatically into a few index funds. I also make periodic investments in the SPY outside of my 401(k).
More importantly, I haven’t pulled out of any of the investments I’ve made over the last several years. Slow and steady wins the race.
And yes, I did say 10K on Monday. That’s how low I think the market could go before this is all over. It doesn’t mean I’m selling though. Since I’m not a trading genius like Barnaby, I plan to continue dollar cost averaging over the next 15 years regardless of how the market does in the short term.
I’ve yet to see any of the trading geniuses say what they are doing in real time. It’s always “I’m up 200% for the year” or some BS like that.
March 18, 2008 at 8:50 PM #172678TheBreeze
ParticipantI’m still dollar-cost averaging. I get paid every two weeks and I contribute the max to my 401(k) and that goes automatically into a few index funds. I also make periodic investments in the SPY outside of my 401(k).
More importantly, I haven’t pulled out of any of the investments I’ve made over the last several years. Slow and steady wins the race.
And yes, I did say 10K on Monday. That’s how low I think the market could go before this is all over. It doesn’t mean I’m selling though. Since I’m not a trading genius like Barnaby, I plan to continue dollar cost averaging over the next 15 years regardless of how the market does in the short term.
I’ve yet to see any of the trading geniuses say what they are doing in real time. It’s always “I’m up 200% for the year” or some BS like that.
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