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  • October 8, 2008 at 11:01 PM #14131
    equalizer
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    http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/hey-wait-minute/2008/10/08/bubble-economics-101

    Interesting, bet that most people were long this year esp in retirement accounts.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:16 PM #283711
    peterb
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    WTF? Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market. I can assure the person who wrote this that many of us have done this. Not rocket science. I guess it’s called “paying attention”. But that may be asking a lot of people.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:16 PM #284051
    peterb
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    WTF? Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market. I can assure the person who wrote this that many of us have done this. Not rocket science. I guess it’s called “paying attention”. But that may be asking a lot of people.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:16 PM #284041
    peterb
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    WTF? Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market. I can assure the person who wrote this that many of us have done this. Not rocket science. I guess it’s called “paying attention”. But that may be asking a lot of people.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:16 PM #284023
    peterb
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    WTF? Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market. I can assure the person who wrote this that many of us have done this. Not rocket science. I guess it’s called “paying attention”. But that may be asking a lot of people.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:16 PM #283999
    peterb
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    WTF? Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market. I can assure the person who wrote this that many of us have done this. Not rocket science. I guess it’s called “paying attention”. But that may be asking a lot of people.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM #284060
    TheBreeze
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    From what I’ve seen, a lot of Piggs had it right on the market crash. However, it seems like a lot of you guys would jump in and out of the market or play options or do something else dumb that caused you to lose money even though you knew the crash was coming.

    I think this is a mistake a lot of people make. Instead of just shorting or buying and then giving your short/purchase a chance to work out, too many people try to time the day-to-day stuff or mess around with options. It’s fun to day-trade and to play with options, but it’s probably more profitable in the long run to just place your bets (either long or short) with common stocks or etfs and then be patient.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM #284050
    TheBreeze
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    From what I’ve seen, a lot of Piggs had it right on the market crash. However, it seems like a lot of you guys would jump in and out of the market or play options or do something else dumb that caused you to lose money even though you knew the crash was coming.

    I think this is a mistake a lot of people make. Instead of just shorting or buying and then giving your short/purchase a chance to work out, too many people try to time the day-to-day stuff or mess around with options. It’s fun to day-trade and to play with options, but it’s probably more profitable in the long run to just place your bets (either long or short) with common stocks or etfs and then be patient.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM #284033
    TheBreeze
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    From what I’ve seen, a lot of Piggs had it right on the market crash. However, it seems like a lot of you guys would jump in and out of the market or play options or do something else dumb that caused you to lose money even though you knew the crash was coming.

    I think this is a mistake a lot of people make. Instead of just shorting or buying and then giving your short/purchase a chance to work out, too many people try to time the day-to-day stuff or mess around with options. It’s fun to day-trade and to play with options, but it’s probably more profitable in the long run to just place your bets (either long or short) with common stocks or etfs and then be patient.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM #284009
    TheBreeze
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    From what I’ve seen, a lot of Piggs had it right on the market crash. However, it seems like a lot of you guys would jump in and out of the market or play options or do something else dumb that caused you to lose money even though you knew the crash was coming.

    I think this is a mistake a lot of people make. Instead of just shorting or buying and then giving your short/purchase a chance to work out, too many people try to time the day-to-day stuff or mess around with options. It’s fun to day-trade and to play with options, but it’s probably more profitable in the long run to just place your bets (either long or short) with common stocks or etfs and then be patient.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:27 PM #283721
    TheBreeze
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    From what I’ve seen, a lot of Piggs had it right on the market crash. However, it seems like a lot of you guys would jump in and out of the market or play options or do something else dumb that caused you to lose money even though you knew the crash was coming.

    I think this is a mistake a lot of people make. Instead of just shorting or buying and then giving your short/purchase a chance to work out, too many people try to time the day-to-day stuff or mess around with options. It’s fun to day-trade and to play with options, but it’s probably more profitable in the long run to just place your bets (either long or short) with common stocks or etfs and then be patient.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:28 PM #284028
    stockstradr
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    Exactly. WTF.

    Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market.

    I agree! That’s exactly what we did. Worked like a *charm* no problem.

    It is not everyone’s unavoidable fate to like the masses of dumb sheep, running blindly ahead right over the cliff.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:28 PM #284045
    stockstradr
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    Exactly. WTF.

    Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market.

    I agree! That’s exactly what we did. Worked like a *charm* no problem.

    It is not everyone’s unavoidable fate to like the masses of dumb sheep, running blindly ahead right over the cliff.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:28 PM #284056
    stockstradr
    Participant

    Exactly. WTF.

    Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market.

    I agree! That’s exactly what we did. Worked like a *charm* no problem.

    It is not everyone’s unavoidable fate to like the masses of dumb sheep, running blindly ahead right over the cliff.

    October 8, 2008 at 11:28 PM #284004
    stockstradr
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    Exactly. WTF.

    Ride the bubble up to the point before it blows and get out. Then when it’s starting to confirm a down trend, short the market.

    I agree! That’s exactly what we did. Worked like a *charm* no problem.

    It is not everyone’s unavoidable fate to like the masses of dumb sheep, running blindly ahead right over the cliff.

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