MaStA's Account Talk

[JamesE]

Congrats, nice play. I sat here staring at the computer last Thursday, got greedy and here I sit, -2.5%

 

[Birchtree]

I still say the risk is being out not being in - sentiment can change on a dime.

"If price breaks out over the 2011 highs around 1370 price level price will likely move quickly to the resistance area of 1420-1440."

http://www.safehaven.com/article/21631/the-case-for-future-prices-in-the-spx

 

[MaStA]

I still say the risk is being out not being in - sentiment can change on a dime.

"If price breaks out over the 2011 highs around 1370 price level price will likely move quickly to the resistance area of 1420-1440."

http://www.safehaven.com/article/21631/the-case-for-future-prices-in-the-spx

Birchtree, I'm no expert, but it seems you never move to the G fund and take every single ride up and every single ride down. I'm sure you will be positive in the long term, but I bet you would make more money by using your IFT's. You like riding the waves which is fine, but I don't think that is the way to make the most money. I'm learning to buy low and sell high and by doing that I will make the most out of my money...at least it is working for me currently. I ate a little negative towards the end of last week, but I chose to get out and I am thankful for that since today would have taken most of my gains away and that would not be too cool. But remember, this is once again an opinion of a pure novice.

 

[JTH]

Congratulations the 1st step is admitting BT has a problem

 

[Birchtree]

I wish sometimes I suffered from taphophobia but I don't - so bring on the train.

 

[MaStA]

I wish sometimes I suffered from taphophobia but I don't - so bring on the train.

The train or train wreck?

 

[Handballer]

Watch your toes

I wish sometimes I suffered from taphophobia but I don't - so bring on the train.

 

[Birchtree]

As a renegade contrarian I appreciate the fact that negative headlines tend to produce the strongest advances in a bull market - you just have to wait on the setup.

 

[MaStA]

As a renegade contrarian I appreciate the fact that negative headlines tend to produce the strongest advances in a bull market - you just have to wait on the setup.

Well I would rather wait for the setup in the G fund and enter when the advance begins.

 

[MaStA]

I went back 100% S Fund today. I missed the large gain yesterday and if I can even get some modest gains I'll be happy. I'll probably hang on until the end of the month and see how things go. According to the market comments at the bottom it says the end of July is historically positive. I guess I will test that out.

 

[Dutchy]

I went back 100% S Fund today. I missed the large gain yesterday and if I can even get some modest gains I'll be happy. I'll probably hang on until the end of the month and see how things go. According to the market comments at the bottom it says the end of July is historically positive. I guess I will test that out.

Sarge, I did the same. I too hesitated on Monday and missed the gain yesterday. I'm nervous about debt ceiling discussions and ECB meeting tomorrow in Europe. But want to try to squeeze out some gain for the rest of the month. Dutchy (AirForce E-5, 81150 1975-1980! )

 

[MaStA]

Sarge, I did the same. I too hesitated on Monday and missed the gain yesterday. I'm nervous about debt ceiling discussions and ECB meeting tomorrow in Europe. But want to try to squeeze out some gain for the rest of the month. Dutchy (AirForce E-5, 81150 1975-1980! )

Good stuff! I'm glad I'm not alone.

 

[Dutchy]

Good stuff! I'm glad I'm not alone.

See JTH response to you on his thread. He is still on hold waiting for an entry point.

 

[MaStA]

See JTH response to you on his thread. He is still on hold waiting for an entry point.

I normally follow JTH the best I can, but he took a little while to respond so I just said screw it and hopped in. I hope the rest of the month will be positive overall. It may be a little bumpy, but I think (hope) I will make a little before August hits. Then again, I am not basing this off of much since I don't know how to build those fancy graphs and even know what I am looking at to determine much, but maybe one day I will get better at it lol.

 

[SteelSaving]

If I see negative tomorrow morning I'm in.
If it's positive, I will have to see how positive and how it's been acting the previous couple hours.

 

[MaStA]

I just opened a roth ira with USAA. I moved my $5,000 into the brokerage account, but have not bought into a mutual fund yet. Obviously this seems like a good time to buy, but it seems like it just keeps going lower and lower so maybe I will wait a few days and see how things start panning out before putting the money into a mutual fund. Anyone familiar with USAA's mutual funds and can recommend any? I guess it will really be based on what type of risk I want to take.

 

[Birchtree]

USAA will allow you to also buy individual stocks in their Roth plans. Stocks pay dividends 4 times per year and dividends are reinvested for free - you can participate in dollar cost averaging on auto pilot for years going forward. Today would be an excellent day to add to stocks - the lower the price the higher the yield return.

 

[MaStA]

USAA will allow you to also buy individual stocks in their Roth plans. Stocks pay dividends 4 times per year and dividends are reinvested for free - you can participate in dollar cost averaging on auto pilot for years going forward. Today would be an excellent day to add to stocks - the lower the price the higher the yield return.

I did see that as well. I see when buying stocks there are four different options: Limit, Market, Stop and Stop Limit. I'm trying to figure out exactly what each of these do. Seems Market buys the stock ASAP at whatever price is available at the time. I'm sure one of them buys/sells when the stock reaches a certain point.

Also, I don't know how to figure out what stocks are good to buy. I wish I knew how to find out where some new companies starting up are and invest in some cheap shares, but I'm not sure how you figure that stuff out.

 

[PessOptimist]

MaSTA. Just curious. As an older retired lifer I do not like the new AF logo. What are the thoughts amongst yourself and your peers?

PO

 

[MaStA]

MaSTA. Just curious. As an older retired lifer I do not like the new AF logo. What are the thoughts amongst yourself and your peers?

PO

I personally really like it. It gives a neat modern look. Have you ever read what each part stands for?