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sorry cactus, it's like a sword fight or something...

ha! i went negative 3% and get made fun of by somebody who went negative ~5%. ha, too funny.

also, i am insecure and like to pull my weenie out and wave it around so everybody can appreciate me like i deserve because i am a big weenie.

good luck with the insecurity thing there buttercup.

shareware is cool.
 
userque said:
Gentlemen,

We may have a mis-communication. 'burros-ark' is listed as below and is not a premium service. It is not the same as burrocrat's personal account--the subject of recent chatter herein.

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Hope this helps :smile:
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Thank you for clarifying. Hard to keep track when someone has multiple tracker accounts.
 
burrocrat said:
sorry cactus, it's like a sword fight or something...

ha! i went negative 3% and get made fun of by somebody who went negative ~5%. ha, too funny.

also, i am insecure and like to pull my weenie out and wave it around so everybody can appreciate me like i deserve because i am a big weenie.

good luck with the insecurity thing there buttercup.

shareware is cool.
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You are right, I suck and 2011 was just like 2008..................:rolleyes: You did mention your big ole' 9 inch weenie first didn't you.................congratulations again!
 
All right, all right; calm down men, it's Friday, just make up get along, and party on......Nope, can't see that "niner" that was mentioned.

 
Cactus said:
SPX is getting up to June's High and the VIX is down at 12. :eek: Hmmm. Looks likes it time for more volatility and another upset. :notrust:
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Hmmm, interesting. VIX at lowest level in a long time.
On the other hand, we just came off our last visit to the 200 day EMA...and unless we're headed back to 2008, you don't normally get too bad a drop off for awhile. 1-2% 1-3 day downspike pause before going to new highs has often been the pattern. Looking at some recent past history, in a bull market, after a drop to the 200 EMA, its usually about 2 months before the next serious drop that one would want to avoid.

The VIX is concerning, but back in 2014 the VIX stayed below current levels for several months, in a great stock run up.
With us in a narrow channel with only paltry gains first half od 2015, it seems to make sense that we could see a 2nd half similar to that great 2014 period.
THEN better make sure yu got a ticket to the lillypad before the bottom falls out (lol).

Just my 2 cents...you've done very well so far this year, outperforming all funds (and I'm guessing close to Intrepid as well).
Those are some good achievements.:smile:
 
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FWM, it would be great to see higher highs soon; I'm just not seeing where they are coming from right now. BUT, I like your thinking and would be really happy if things play out that way.

FS
 
FogSailing said:
FWM, it would be great to see higher highs soon; I'm just not seeing where they are coming from right now. BUT, I like your thinking and would be really happy if things play out that way.

FS
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I want to answer your question but not take over and pollute Cactus's thread.
I'll paste your question into my account talk and give you my "opinion" there.:smile:
 
TSP-roulette said:
Nope, can't see that "niner" that was mentioned.
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I know this horse is dead, but I did want to tie up this loose end. (Your Honor, it goes towards credibility.)

What was actually mentioned was "~9%." The actual amount is "8.95%." ("~" means approximately).

I'd say 8.95 is approximately niner percent.
 
userque said:
I know this horse is dead, but I did want to tie up this loose end. (Your Honor, it goes towards credibility.)

What was actually mentioned was "~9%." The actual amount is "8.95%." ("~" means approximately).

I'd say 8.95 is approximately niner percent.
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I totally agree with the figures, 8.95 round it off it's approximately 9%. Congrats to Burro, nice going with that ark system of his. In context to the "niner", 9er. what was meant was:

Intrepid_Timer said:
You are right, I suck and 2011 was just like 2008..................:rolleyes: You did mention your big ole' 9 inch weenie first didn't you.................congratulations again!
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The "niner" comment was a sarcastic reply to IT's phrase "big ole' 9 inch pee pee". I wasn't referring to the 8.95 % return. Hope the horse is done'n dead.
 
TSP-roulette said:
I totally agree with the figures, 8.95 round it off it's approximately 9%. Congrats to Burro, nice going with that ark system of his. In context to the "niner", 9er. what was meant was:


The "niner" comment was a sarcastic reply to IT's phrase "big ole' 9 inch pee pee". I wasn't referring to the 8.95 % return. Hope the horse is done'n dead.
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LOL...thanks. That definitely cleared things up!

May this horse now rest in peace.
 
ravensfan said:
That's what kicked my butt back in April. I bought the S Fund on the day it hit a new high for 2015. I knew better, but went with the signal my Premium Service provider indicated. I'm still working to get that loss back...
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I was in the same boat for April. However, the month of May gave 1.84% ..so by June's final IFT, I ended with some gains...not much, but better than nothing.
 
Wow, I take off one day to fix my garage door and my thread goes hog wild. Maybe I should take off more often. :D

For anyone who's wondering, my strategy for now is driven by the fact that I only have 1 IFT left for July so I can't get out and back in until Aug. I do expect the slope of the rally to level out some here and any dips to eventually be bought up by those who missed the that last rally. In the end I expect July to finish up higher than where we are today so barring any black swan events I expect to remain invested through the rest of the month. We'll see how well that works out.
 
Maricar19 said:
Cactus, did I miss the 401k (the equivalent of our TSP) somewhere in the article? It only talked about IRAs in different age groups.
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You're right, this article is only talking about IRAs, not 401Ks. I assume because that info is easier to get a hold of. I just brought it up because it was breaking down the balances by age range which I find a lot more useful than an overall average.

Of course how many of those IRAs are owned by people who also have 401Ks we don't know. It would be interesting to see the number of people who only have IRAs. The ideal is to get a figure of total retirement savings by age range but those numbers are hard to get. Even the numbers from 401Ks only refer to values in accounts with that company and don't include outside investments of those account owners.

I compared those figures to my TSP because for me most of my money is in my TSP. I also have money in outside traditional & Roth IRAs, though, so that get's added to my retirement balance. I do the recommended: 1) Get all the matching from TSP, 2) Max out your IRA contribution, 3) Now put the rest of what you have to invest for retirement into TSP. That works out well for us.
 
Well, so far today the S&P500 appears to be holding at the 50 DMA. Question is will it bounce back from here?
 
The part of me that reinvested 100% of my IRA yesterday and early this AM wants the market to go up. The part of me that just did an IFT effective today into TSP L2030 was hoping for a deep drop. I will settle for half the distance to the goal. Down -6 on the S&P.

Cactus said:
Well, so far today the S&P500 appears to be holding at the 50 DMA. Question is will it bounce back from here?
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OK, that was weird. It happened right after I posted. The market can stop right here at -6.

OBXTrader said:
The part of me that reinvested 100% of my IRA yesterday and early this AM wants the market to go up. The part of me that just did an IFT effective today into TSP L2030 was hoping for a deep drop. I will settle for half the distance to the goal. Down -6 on the S&P.
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