Birchtree's Account Talk

[Birchtree]

If we get a nice surprise on Friday with better than 140K jobs we will rally all month. Money has been shifting out of bonds and municipals sitting in the money markets just waiting for the rush of the green light. Show me some real parabolic acceleration to freak the sideliners. I'm glad I'm not feeling the pressure to chase today - that'll come tomorrow. Now I need to go check and see how much money I'm making. Snort.

 

[fedgolfer]

from the fed/broker dealer standpoint, man, they timed this well. with all the scattered holidays, they're going to make the Brits, Japanese and sideliners chase, chase, chase.

 

[FAB1]

from the fed/broker dealer standpoint, man, they timed this well. with all the scattered holidays, they're going to make the Brits, Japanese and sideliners chase, chase, chase.

Yep!

 

[Birchtree]

Hitting the targets today with a shotgun. With the Dow +114 my oceanic is +$78K. And the day is just getting started. Lowry's Buying Power Index has got to be red hot. Today the sweet smell of greed is in the air, raising the curtain on a new year likely to brim with excess and more excess. Let the bull ride.

 

[Birchtree]

We are getting ready to break the record for most users online - can you feel the pressure of missing the boat building?

 

[Birchtree]

"Anyone keeping the faith over the last two years has been well rewarded."

http://www.safehaven.com/article/19514/we-remain-firmly-bullish

 

[Steadygain]

The latest I've got -- is things are going UP -- this YEAR !!!


I'll give ya $100,000 for staying in 3/09 to 2010

On the whole -- I'd probably take $50 of it back for last year. (I always speak in terms of thousands)


NOTE: I missed the 09 rally

I would say The BULL came to LIFE 12/1/10 and for those who have money they'd better HOLD ON !!!

All who bail will be left behind.

Goodnight Birch -- hope ya noticed Sugar's back

 

[Birchtree]

The I fund closed the day at 58.70 up from the previous close of 58.22. It would appear that the folks at Barclays held back on their value adjustment - so it'll be coming back soon. I've got buying power today so will try to buy the open.

 

[FAB1]

One of Yahoo.com's main stories this morning is that
"2011 is the Year of the Consumer"

Most of the posted comments vehemently disagreed.

I think I would like to see a Year of the Producer, for a change.

But silly me, those guys all went to China.

 

[Birchtree]

Buy'em early and often: BP, ACI, INT, OKE, SPN, HRL. I'm also building into my lamb chop account today.

 

[nguyensv]

Buy'em early and often: BP, ACI, INT, OKE, SPN, HRL. I'm also building into my lamb chop account today.

those are individual stocks not related to tsp right?

 

[Birchtree]

No individual stocks are related to TSP. You need more than TSP for a secure retirement and I'm buying a little extra happiness: ANR, LII, CBU, GPC, MLI, CNX, CE, JAG. I noticed the last time I bought ANR was at $51.38 on 12/16 - and now it just cost me $62.34 and I'm in as low as $35.56 on this one. The more you have working in a bull market the greater the potential for gains.

 

[Birchtree]

Still buying on weakness: GT, AA, JRCC, AGCO, TNB, TEX. Rumor has it that Royal Dutch may be looking at BP as a take over - that could be worth another 30% premium. Now I will rest unless this market explodes - if that happens I'll chase the bull. Small caps are crying.

 

[guppie]

We just did a hard retest of support on the NDX around 2239. if it holds we should wander back up the rest of the day. jt

 

[Birchtree]

"The takeaway here is a rise in near term risks, but a potential fuel for long term market gains."

http://pragcap.com/equity-borrowing-surges

 

[Birchtree]

My MOT (Motorola) has split in two: MMI (Motorola Mobility) and MSI (Motorola Solutions) and I'll be adding to my new positions in a week or two once they settle down. We may be in for a large cap rebound this afternoon while small caps will remain weak.

 

[Birchtree]

We are apparently in for some interesting times on the tracker. One more good smack down for good measure on the S fund would be prescient. Take another 1% of my heart why don'tcha - make me feel it. Easy for me to say since I don't own the S fund. Today's move was the strategy I was trying to complete during the last week in December - one week late but with no complaints.

 

[Tsunami]

Rumor has it that Royal Dutch may be looking at BP as a take over - that could be worth another 30% premium.

That fits right in with Theme #1 here:
http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/bill-powers/2011-energy-outlook

Bigger profits in the decade ahead will come from companies that can help squeeze the last drops of oil out of the ground, I like little Canadian outfits like EW.V and EOR.V in that regard.

 

[Birchtree]

Doing some dip buying this morning: WAB, PBY, AME, TWIN, POL. Prices are starting to get expensive. When the retail investor returns they will have to pay up for missing the first two years of this bull. That's only fair.

 

[FAB1]

Take another 1% of my heart why don'tcha -

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,