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Now hear this - if we don't run smack into trouble during the next two trading days we'll be looking at week #9 to the upside. This would be the 9th consecutive weekly gain in the Dow for the first time since 1995 - there it is friends - 1995 all over again. I've been anticipating this possibility and it will be glorious for those in deep. The market didn't see even a minor correction in all of 1995. The Dow rallied nearly 60% in 1995 alone. Snort. Could it really be the situation where we don't look back.
 
Birchtree said:
Now hear this - if we don't run smack into trouble during the next two trading days we'll be looking at week #9 to the upside. This would be the 9th consecutive weekly gain in the Dow for the first time since 1995 - there it is friends - 1995 all over again. I've been anticipating this possibility and it will be glorious for those in deep. The market didn't see even a minor correction in all of 1995. The Dow rallied nearly 60% in 1995 alone. Snort. Could it really be the situation where we don't look back.
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You just jinxed it......;)

I hope this is the run of my life.........
 
The SPX closed at a 29 month high today - we could see a very robust rally the next three trading days. I'm currently at #24 on the tracker picking up a little S fund for frosting - I suspect I'll be going back to the I fund by COB Monday. I'm still a fan of everything large cap.
 
Birchtree said:
The SPX closed at a 29 month high today - we could see a very robust rally the next three trading days. I'm currently at #24 on the tracker picking up a little S fund for frosting - I suspect I'll be going back to the I fund by COB Monday. I'm still a fan of everything large cap.
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Thanks for the info Birch, I was thinkning the same thing when I saw you on the tracker!! King of the sticky pants!! :laugh: Good Luck my friend!

Blindman
 
From that link above:

if you jumped into the Russell 2000 index at the exact low on March 9, 2009, and rode the almost-constant rise in the markets until the April 23, 2010, before a severe correction, you’d have 116.6% profits. The S&P in the same period tallies just 79.9%.

How simple is that BT, you ought get 100% S and rise to the top, hombre!
 
Man I got several million dollars locked into the small caps that have been very beneficial since the March bottom. That's where I'm making most of my gains in my oceanic account. All I need now is to make $19K in the next two trading days and I'm back to building buying power. So many wall flowers and so few available dollars. Two weeks ago I was up +$1658K in 97 weeks off that March low - what kind of percentage gain is that. I'll hold my TSP in the large caps except for a little swing trading to get some frosting. My wife is also 100% on a SPX index. The underperformance has allowed her to acquire more shares at a lower price - now we're ready to let the large caps run for the next 7 years.
 
I might mention that since 7/31/10 I've made 312 DCA purchases into my oceanic base - I plan to double that if Ferdinand cooperates and provides me with more buying power. Then I only have to worry about the margin folks taking out my knees and saying no more credit - but so far they are only monitoring which is only expected. But I got it all covered with my newly built lamb chop sacrificial account. So I will bury myself in debt while everyone else is deleveraging because interest rates will remain low for several more years - no fear here. The best investment returns are made by anticipating major economic change before it happens.
 
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Man I got several million dollars locked into the small caps that have been very beneficial since the March bottom. That's where I'm making most of my gains in my oceanic account. All I need now is to make $19K in the next two trading days and I'm back to building buying power. So many wall flowers and so few available dollars. Two weeks ago I was up +$1658K in 97 weeks off that March low - what kind of percentage gain is that. I'll hold my TSP in the large caps except for a little swing trading to get some frosting. My wife is also 100% on a SPX index. The underperformance has allowed her to acquire more shares at a lower price - now we're ready to let the large caps run for the next 7 years.
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or at least 6, right, bucko? ;)
 
Well it was another positive day for the hoofhearted - the fear is building for next Friday when we see non-farm payrolls. To date, the 30-day moving average for the SPX remains unbroken and therefore the trend is still technically up. As long as this trend line is unbroken, stock prices can still go higher before the market reverses its trend. Optimism inevitably drives capital inflows. Stock funds take cash in as muni bond funds lose it. All I need is to get past $7K and I'm building buying power and ready to chase and spend toward my happiness. Snort.
 
If the Dow drops below 117 it will wipe out the potential for week #9 and leave me deflated. I was going to try and get out of my S fund position close to $22 on Monday - but may wait for a few more days into next week. I'm going to get hurt today but not kilt. This little set back is actually going to be healthy for the bigger move up ahead - just have to be patient and eat some temporary pain.
 
Birchtree said:
Smells like a dash of fear in the market today - that's good. We need to make people nervous.
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Its starting to look like a free fall, I thought it was going to level out mid-morning but its still going down.

Will the dip buyers step in now or let it keep descending for even better bargins on Monday?
 
Well I am fortunate to have some nice dividends due in Fefruary so let the market provide better pricing - I can wait this nonsense out and simply play rope-a-dope for awhile. Anybody holding a 100% position in C/S/I is going to be toast at the end of the day - but still should not cut and run. No pain no gain.
 
Good point... I have 25% sitting in G waiting for an entry into I, C or S. Wondering if we will get that 5%+ correction now?
 
At the current moment I still have a $31K gain in my oceanic for the week - so I'm not totally rinsed yet. The VIX is saying mucho fear and I like that - better days ahead.
 
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'm melting............(sitting 100% I).

I guess there will be no coffee mug for me this month!

Bring it on...my point of view is that dips like this are just paper loses, no way in he%^ I am bailing.
 
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