Christopher's Account Talk

[Christopher]

updated link to Yahoo! Finance U.S. and major world market tickers...

If y'all see any others that should be added, do let me know...

Hey Tom &/or Moderators, if this info isn't already stickied or posted somewhere, perhaps it could be for convenience?

 

[JTH]

Thanks for the link, great stuff!

 

[Christopher]

[revised] link to Yahoo! Finance U.S. and major world market tickers: added GLD, SLV, USO, UDN, UUP, FXE - up to 25 tickers now...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=^DJT%2c+^DJI%2c+^DJU%2c+^IXIC%2c+^SPX%2c+^DWCPF%2c+SPY%2c+EFA%2c+AGG%2c+^TNX%2c++^FTSE%2c+^GDAXI%2c+^FCHI%2c+^hsi%2c+^N300%2c+^n225%2c+000001.SS+^AORD%2c+^NZ50+GLD%2c+SLV%2c+USO%2c+UDN%2c+UUP%2c+FXE%2c&d=v1

Burned an IFT today, went G/F effective noon. :suspicious:

 

[Christopher]

Nice run up so far for a September, but "buy low, sell high" just told me to go 40/30/30 G/F/I . . . :laugh:

Cheers...
Christopher

 

[dannyboy]

[revised] link to Yahoo! Finance U.S. and major world market tickers: added GLD, SLV, USO, UDN, UUP, FXE - up to 25 tickers now...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=^DJ...ORD,+^NZ50+GLD,+SLV,+USO,+UDN,+UUP,+FXE,&d=v1

Burned an IFT today, went G/F effective noon. :suspicious:

Welcome to the board. There is a lt of good info to be found here, you just need to follow the leaderboard, http://www.tsptalk.com/tracker/tsp_user_balance_all.php
and personally, I like Tom's notes,
http://www.tsptalk.com/comments.html
to help in making good decisions!
DB

 

[Christopher]

Thanks DB, been around TSPT for a while but I haven't been able to spend much time posting - more reading than anything else.

Welcome to the board.

[revised] link to Yahoo! Finance U.S. and major world market tickers: added USD

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=USD%2c+^DJT%2c+^DJI%2c+^DJU%2c+^IXIC%2c+^SPX%2c+^DWCPF%2c+EFA%2c+AGG%2c+^TNX%2c+^FTSE%2c+^GDAXI%2c+^FCHI%2c+^hsi%2c+^N300%2c+^n225%2c+000001.SS+^AORD%2c+^NZ50&d=v1

Happy New Year 2011...

 

[Tennvol]

Thanks for the link!

 

[KevinD]

Happy New Year Christopher and...

 

[Christopher]

Thanks KD! I crossed the 40 threshhold two birthdays ago, don't feel much different except my waist size has since gone from a 34 to a 36? UH OH... :worried:

I second guessed myself yesterday, didn't make the move to rebalance, and what a bummer it was watching the S take a hit, the I take a jump, and my position on the AT take a dump. LOL Though I'm uncomfortable in my own skin sitting 100% in any one fund except G, I moved from S to I today - guess I'm getting more and more used to living with that uneasy feeling in my gut...

 

[Christopher]

[revised] link to Yahoo! Finance U.S. and major world market tickers: added VIX...cheers.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=^VIX%2c+USD%2c+^DJT%2c+^DJI%2c+^DJU%2c+^IXIC%2c+^SPX%2c+^DWCPF%2c+EFA%2c+AGG%2c+^TNX%2c+^FTSE%2c+^GDAXI%2c+^FCHI%2c+^hsi%2c+^N300%2c+^n225%2c+000001.SS+^AORD%2c+^NZ50&d=v1

 

[Christopher]

Rebalancing today (see sig)...Tsunami, thanks for the ZeroHedge link you posted today on outflows - that seemed to do the trick. :worried:

 

[Tsunami]

This caught my eye today too, municipal bonds are breaking down...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mNgsiAj3Xko/TTB7eHfTCKI/AAAAAAAAE6E/JmhcgNxyj_g/s1600/mub-14-1.png

Seems pretty high risk to me right now to be in anything but G, though I probably got out a week too soon with next week being options expiration week, and that 1300 target is looming. I wonder if the breakdown of some of the recent high flying stocks like the rare earths is also a warning.

 

[Christopher]

Out of IFTs, so micro-rebalancing: TSPCA: G=31% F=29% C=0% S=20% I=20%

 

[Christopher]

Anticipating a bit of a post-holiday reversal: moving to 60%G, 10%C, 20%S, 10%I. Hopefully, we'll get a nice 3+ day drop and I can buy back in towards EOM.

 

[Christopher]

Sold remaining 60% in equities. Today's POP should get us past the $170K mark. Current 12-month return: ~14% - I'd rather be lucky than good at this point...

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/cq?s=^VIX%2c+USO%2c+UDN%2c+^DJT%2c+^DJI%2c+^DJU%2c+^IXIC%2c+^SPX%2c+^DWCPF%2c+EFA%2c+AGG%2c+^TNX%2c+^FTSE%2c+^GDAXI%2c+^FCHI%2c+^hsi%2c+^N300%2c+^n225%2c+000001.SS+^AORD%2c+^NZ50&d=v1

 

[Christopher]

sittin' good an' still on my lily pad... :worried:

 

[Scout333]

sittin' good an' still on my lily pad... :worried:

Good for you! Great call. Now the second half of the move. When to get back in? May be a harder call than getting out. Good luck to us all!

 

[Christopher]

Thanks Scout but, as I said: sometimes, I'd rather be LUCKY than GOOD. And in THIS insane environment, that's saying something. :cheesy:

Moved to 30%G, 20%C, 20%S, 30%I for EOM

 

[Christopher]

Course correction: DJT is bleeding and may continue to as USO continues to climb, settled on 50%G 50%I.

 

[Christopher]

saw a quotable quote on incrediblecharts.com:

"A new form of inflation is increasingly described in the blogosphere. It better explains the pricing paradox Mr. Bernanke has failed to embrace. It's called "biflation." Everything you already own — a house, a car, a stock portfolio — has rapidly declined in value. Everything you actually need to buy — food, gasoline, medicine, education — is going up." ~ DJ Newswires' Al Lewis

no news flash here, just though it was well put. a QE3 scenario would further deteriorate conditions for average Americans...