Birchtree's Account Talk

[RealMoneyIssues]

RMI, The stats themselves come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A Dem organization color coded them I'm sure.

Not sure what 2000 or 1992 would have to do with a 1 year collapse in the last year of GW's term and an equal reversal in Obama's 1st term....other than TARP and other Jobs programs enacted by BO actually working.

Anyway, I'll stop here...don't want to go too much into partisan politics. Its just that good US jobs numbers should not be surprising anyone anymore. Its still Europe we have to watch.

Don't want to get political either, just wanted to do more research. I will check it out, thanks.

Not sure what 2000 or 1992 would have to do with a 1 year collapse in the last year of GW's term and an equal reversal in Obama's 1st term....

Because I want to look at a macro view instead of a micro view... to put things in context

 

[Birchtree]

From Kelly Evans of TWSJ. "Stocks and the dollar have been rising together, as rarely seen since the halcyon days of the late 1990s. The market is pretty well-priced for solutions to not be quick in coming. Ultimately, a weaker euro is good for Europe's growth prospects. Even if a strong dollar drags on America's, for global stability it might be a price worth paying."

 

[Birchtree]

I'm searching for happiness today buying a few more classy wall flowers: RF, FNB, FIS, FHN, FPO, KOP, SXI, CNH, PXP. It looks like the IRS may eat my lunch - so I have to keep some money in reserve to pay my taxes - even at 15% capital gains it adds up. A rising market on higher volume - that's about time.

 

[Birchtree]

Decided to step in and get some more AE before it gets completely away. Here are my DCAs for AE: $19.53, $19.90, $22.55, $25.94, $27.20, $31.21, $37.95. I'll chase to $60 before anticipating a stock split - and hopefully never be required to sell.

 

[Birchtree]

I think it may be a propitious time to pick up some more BAC in bulk - we'll see how the afternoon shapes up.

"Stock market praying for resolution."

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article32542.html

 

[Birchtree]

Dollar cost averaging into a few wall flowers while the small caps are floating my boat: HP, PII, TKR, JCI, BAC. The October 2007 high on the SPX was 1565.15 - we'll be there before the end of March'12. Obama has empty promises that betray the powerless. The bond bull may likely be coming to an end.

 

[Birchtree]

Is FWM aware that EK has rebounded 70% in one week? That's a nice return for minimal capital at risk.

 

[Birchtree]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-sp-500s-magic-number-2012-01-11

 

[Birchtree]

A good read on the 4 year cycles.

http://www.safehaven.com/article/23...nd-review-of-the-bullbear-market-relationship

 

[Birchtree]

Gosh, I look forward to being a mucho greedy buyer tomorrow - my oceanic pulled down $22K today without the participation of my energy holdings - now I'll wait for energy to play catchup to further this current meltup. January should be sweet for outsized gains. It would appear that gaming is coming on for the first time in 4 years - it's time to buy more BYD.

 

[Birchtree]

Now that my oceanic account has settled out - I only made $19K on the day.

http://theguruinvestor.com/2012/01/10/what-the-vix-is-telling-investors/

 

[Birchtree]

http://pragcap.com/10-reasons-for-equities-to-rally

 

[Birchtree]

If I can get a 1294 hold on the SPX I'll be a buyer today - then I have to go mow up some leaves for my compost pile.

 

[Birchtree]

Is this going to be another day where we torch the open only to grind higher as the hoofhearted step up for the cause? It's going to be long day and I'll spend most of it out the door.

 

[Birchtree]

A nice pop on the SPX of around 25 points due to good earnings would break resistance at 1320 which is the long term down trending trend line. Watch Ferdinand run.

 

[Sensei]

I just checked on my stock portfolio that I started back in May '11. I've been DCA'ing into it steadily every two weeks, plus throwing a little extra at it when the market hit the skids in August. I got used to only seeing red in the balance, but now almost half of my purchases have crept into the green. Not that I'm sad to see the resumption of the bull market, but I will miss the low prices. My average share price for BAC is $7.95 - time to pick up more shares while it's still under $7!

 

[Birchtree]

I bought another chunk of BAC the other day at $6.81. My highest price in is $8.46 and my lowest price in is $5.31. I'm probably breaking even right now.

 

[Birchtree]

Stepping in on weakness ahead of my hoofhearted friends that will be here later: AE, AME, ALB, OLN, MCP, DHI. I've got a nice gain on the week so far and will most likely give back half of that gain today - no matter.

 

[Birchtree]

My GGC is getting an unsolicited buyout offer from WLK which has sent it up 8.50 points today. I'll hold out for the potential white knight to step forward.

 

[Birchtree]

The oceanic managed to do ok this week and I did catch a few nice dividends: +$13K, +$65K, +$19K, +$13K, -$50K for a respectable gain of +$60K. I've made 57 individual purchases in January so far and hope to do many more if the rally continues - and I think it will run further than most anticipate.