fabijo's account talk

[Birchtree]

Ah, just another pause that refreshes. Tomorrow could be a classic trapping more of our favorite bear paws. I raised some cash today to continue building my cores with financal stocks - they are now the cheapest as they've ever been - golden from my contrarian standpoint.

 

[fabijo]

I wish I could do more buying. Just gotta depend on those payday deposits.

 

[Corepuncher]

Ah, just another pause that refreshes. Tomorrow could be a classic trapping more of our favorite bear paws. I raised some cash today to continue building my cores with financal stocks - they are now the cheapest as they've ever been - golden from my contrarian standpoint.

You better hope that "this time it is not different". Greenspan characterizes this financial event as 1 in every 100 years. I suppose you could say the great depression was that too.

I'm all for riding rallies, but there is a time to ride and a time to get out. Sure it's hard to discern but obviously some of us are holding our own looking at the tracker.

 

[Birchtree]

Well my dear Punchette the tracker doesn't really tell the whole story - it operates off of percentages only. It does not take into account the accumulation of shares via dollar cost averaging. I'm currently pulling in around 110 shares of the C fund per month and that makes me certifiably content. I'm even going to keep working awhile longer so that I can continue to collect those shares - that's more important toward retirement than the tracker ranking. Anyway as long as I catch up to Griffin I'm successful. You see it's the number of shares you own that will make retirement comfortable because they will appreciate faster the more you own. So you can play hippity hop as much as you like and congratulations on you current standing but don't sit on any super glue.

Dennis - permabull #1

Oh I forgot to offer my opinion on Greenspan - he doesn't know his butt whole from his elbow. He's the one that helped create our current crisis.

 

[poolman]

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Dennis - permabull #1

Oh I forgot to offer my opinion on Greenspan - he doesn't know his butt whole from his elbow. He's the one that helped create our current crisis.[/quote]


Greenspan saw what was on the Horizon. Now he sits in the background and throws out riddles of what should be done. That's easy when your not the Federal reserve Chairman any more. :blink:

 

[fabijo]

Greenspan saw what was on the Horizon. Now he sits in the background and throws out riddles of what should be done. That's easy when your not the Federal reserve Chairman any more. :blink:

Yeah, he just wants to feel needed.

 

[Corepuncher]

Well my dear Punchette the tracker doesn't really tell the whole story - it operates off of percentages only. It does not take into account the accumulation of shares via dollar cost averaging. I'm currently pulling in around 110 shares of the C fund per month and that makes me certifiably content. I'm even going to keep working awhile longer so that I can continue to collect those shares - that's more important toward retirement than the tracker ranking. Anyway as long as I catch up to Griffin I'm successful. You see it's the number of shares you own that will make retirement comfortable because they will appreciate faster the more you own. So you can play hippity hop as much as you like and congratulations on you current standing but don't sit on any super glue.

Dennis - permabull #1

Oh I forgot to offer my opinion on Greenspan - he doesn't know his butt whole from his elbow. He's the one that helped create our current crisis.

You are content with dollar cost averaging? I'm not sure what your point is...obviously if you are BEATING THE MARKET, you are BEATING THE MARKET and your retirement balance will be much higher as a result. Since the market top in October 2007, C fund is down 19% and I am up over 8%. That is a 27% difference!!! If I did nothing else from this point on except BUY AND HOLD...I will have made a HUGE difference to my ending retirement balance...to the tune of 150,000-200,000, assuming 7 or 8% annual growth. Therefore, playing "hippity hop" for the last year has gained me a fricken HOUSE. :nuts:

And it's a lot easier for Greenspan to talk freely now that he is not fed chairman, so I actually believe him now.

 

[fabijo]

And it's a lot easier for Greenspan to talk freely now that he is not fed chairman, so I actually believe him now.

Now that's a good point. I didn't look at it from that angle.

 

[pogo]

You are content with dollar cost averaging? I'm not sure what your point is...obviously if you are BEATING THE MARKET, you are BEATING THE MARKET and your retirement balance will be much higher as a result. Since the market top in October 2007, C fund is down 19% and I am up over 8%. That is a 27% difference!!! If I did nothing else from this point on except BUY AND HOLD...I will have made a HUGE difference to my ending retirement balance...to the tune of 150,000-200,000, assuming 7 or 8% annual growth. Therefore, playing "hippity hop" for the last year has gained me a fricken HOUSE. :nuts:

And it's a lot easier for Greenspan to talk freely now that he is not fed chairman, so I actually believe him now.

Ijust come off the beach (baldhead island nc.) i can't speak for anybody else so i speak for my self my account has done very well since being a member here and it's not because of dollar cost averaging it's not my thing.

 

[Bullitt]

Therefore, playing "hippity hop" for the last year has gained me a fricken HOUSE.

Did you cash out your TSP and buy a house?

Only ~25 more years of 'beating the market' to go, but you're off to a good start.

I'll listen to your market commentary, Corepuncher, before I listen to Greenspan!!

 

[Corepuncher]

Did you cash out your TSP and buy a house?

No, did not cash out, but if I followed a "buy and hold" strategy from this point on, I could. Seriously, if you simply are in for MOST of the bull markets and out for MOST of the bear markets, you will easily beat "the market". Right now all the longer term moving averages are totally inverted, but lots of separation. If history is any indication...

Only ~25 more years of 'beating the market' to go, but you're off to a good start.
I'll listen to your market commentary, Corepuncher, before I listen to Greenspan!!

Wow, maybe I should change my name to "Greenpuncher"! :cheesy:

 

[XL-entLady]

If you simply are in for MOST of the bull markets and out for MOST of the bear markets, you will easily beat "the market". ....Wow, maybe I should change my name to "Greenpuncher"! :cheesy:

Can I get an Amen for the Greenpuncher? Amen! :laugh:

Lady

 

[fabijo]

I don't know about statistics. It still feels like flipping a coin every day to see whether we should be in the market or not.

 

[fabijo]

It's starting to look like the coin landed heads up today.

 

[fabijo]

Open Forum:

Throw as much politics into my thread as you'd like. I don't mind. I've already gotten off the Ron Paul train. I put in my signature what I think of government. A link to I Samuel 8:6-18.

 

[Buster]

Thanks Fab...

One word about Osama.....oops, I meant Obama:toung:

 

[fabijo]

:nuts:

I'm speechless.

 

[fabijo]

Here's one that might have a few scratching their heads:

Christian Anarchism​

 

[Birchtree]

I guess I'm not the only one....that thinks he is pusilanimous.

 

[Steadygain]

Open Forum:

Throw as much politics into my thread as you'd like. I don't mind.

My Closing Thoughts - and please know it's been a very long day.

I am convinced that GOVERNMENT is unavoidable:

BEES:
I like the idea of everyone knowing their position in life and doing everything possible to remain active and work in co-operation with one another. Dedication and Sacrifice are characteristic of this government. The Queen is supreme and all acknowledge this without the slightest question.

I hold this one higher than humans - and among the best

DOGS and all life that joins with them (Coyotes; Wolfes..)
Here you have a Pack Leader - that is dominate and all do well to follow his lead. A dog's most blissful state is knowing they are 100% in accordance with and fully submitted to the Leader.

This is probably my FAVORITE -
I see this as the ultimate submission to the Leader; Christ did all things in 100% submission to his Father - and we should have this exact same attitude. We could learn a lot from dogs.

CATTLE; MONKEYS; APES; AND THE MAJORITY OF ANIMALS:
You have a Male who uses his size and power to take his women and beat off any males that get in his way.

This too closely represents Human Beings - to me it's inferior because many by birth never have a chance.

PENGUINS:
They know their calling and are hugely "family oriented" and totally committed to the highest degree. Here the Male takes an incredible role in bringing the child into birth - and it's a very harmonious and mutual joint effort. I have never seen a greater love between any species of life than what they give and share. If a mother loses her baby she hurts as deeply as any human - and in desperation may try to take another. If that happens the other Penguins immediately join together to ward her off and do what is right.

This is another form of Government I hold incredibly high.

HUMANS:
Power and Wealth Dominate - and only a small number honestly have control and maintaining that control is the unending endeavor. The forms (regardless of the name - and of course everyone thinks theirs is the best) in all honestly make little difference. No matter what it is only the handful that truely yeild the Power and Wealth that call the shots and the populations at large are hugely insignificant - and are meant strictly to keep the overall machinery that fuels the Power and Wealth to continue.

Democrat or Republician - Democracy or whatever

Nothing will substantially change by keeping the exact same positions and the exact same mechanisms which run the underlying system that has been running and will likely remain running for years to come.

A BRAIN IS RAPIDLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL FAR SURPASS ANY HUMAN AND ALL HUMANS COMBINED. IT WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF PREJUDICE OR BIASNESS OR GREED OR THE WIDE VARIETY OF FLAWED HUMAN CONDITIONS. HERE I REALIZE THAT MANY OF OUR CONDITIONS CAN BE REGARDED AS EQUALLY WONDERFUL - LOVE - COMMITTMENT - DEDICATION...

I would prefer DIRECT AND CONTINUAL DEVINE INTERVENTION TO LAST FOREVER AND EVER.

Until that time I would favor ONE WORLD; ONE PEOPLE; ONE GOVERNMENT TOTALLY CONTROLLED BY "THE BRAIN"

Elections are always trying - difficult - because everytime we "the population" wonder and secretly hold on to "a hope" but in time we have to acknowledge the players make little difference when the underlying mechanisms remain unchanged. With that said I can promise you no more politics from me. I'm ready for it all to end.