If I had gotten off position in time, I probably would have used your logic to bail on the I fund. On the other hand, Ayla posted some TA in his thread that "convinced" me to stay in the I fund for a few days. I think I told you a couple of days ago that if the S went up "one" more day, that I was going to bail and I haven't done that yet either. Maybe being stuck on position is a good thing. Keeps me from having to make decisions, which has been very profitable thelast couple of days.
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If I had gotten off position in time, I probably would have used your logic to bail on the I fund. On the other hand, Ayla posted some TA in his thread that "convinced" me to stay in the I fund for a few days. I think I told you a couple of days ago that if the S went up "one" more day, that I was going to bail and I haven't done that yet either. Maybe being stuck on position is a good thing. Keeps me from having to make decisions, which has been very profitable thelast couple of days.
350zCommTech
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I read his post also prior to the deadline. For the I fund, I believe he uses the I fund price(Fabijo is doing the same with his spreadsheet I think). Inmho, the price of the I fund should not be used because of fundamental reasons. There are just too many variables. I can go into it more but I would rather not unless they ask me to. Besisdes I have to get ready for work..
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The_Technician
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A great day for the "I", so far. Congratulations to all you "I" fund dogs!!!!
I didn't say much this morning about the I, thought that the C and S were going to top out a bit for a couple of days, but its catch up time for the I....looking for it to gain a few more to around 22.5 before it backs off on this clim'mer
Tom, can we get this guy a TSP mug or laser pen or something (I'll cover it if need be). This is a huge benefit that he provides for us here. And his estimates are eerily accurate.
350zCommTech
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I wish I had skills on the golf course. When I retire, 23 years from now, I will play golf all day, every day. That reminds me, I should be practicing with my Medicus 5 iron during the winter.
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350zCommTech
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350zCommTech
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G=0
F=-1
C=8
S=13
I=23
F=-1
C=8
S=13
I=23
Oldcoin
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I wish I had skills on the golf course. When I retire, 23 years from now, I will play golf all day, every day. That reminds me, I should be practicing with my Medicus 5 iron during the winter.
The trick is to tighten it down so it won’t break during your swing
Actually a great tool, it really slowed down my back swing.
350zCommTech
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The trick is to tighten it down so it won’t break during your swing
The problem now is that I'm only good with me 5 iron. I can't hit anything else.
I need a Medicus for all the clubs.
GGal
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http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H10/hist/dat00_eu.txt
How difficult would it be for one of you computer gurus to take this data from the Euro/USD historical prices, input it, along with historical data of the I fund share prices, massage it and analyze it, and develop some useful information?
There is also a link for USD/Yen historical data.
GA
How difficult would it be for one of you computer gurus to take this data from the Euro/USD historical prices, input it, along with historical data of the I fund share prices, massage it and analyze it, and develop some useful information?
There is also a link for USD/Yen historical data.
GA
Oldcoin
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The simple answer is yes. The big question is when. Right now I still have the MSCI EAFE as oversold and with the $ dropping it still looks like a hold. But the I Fund is far from simple to predict with a tech analysis; we got a whole world of things that can put it off. I tend to bail out when it’s overbought, $ is at the bottom of its channel and some geopolitical stirrings occur. As I learned last year…when something is overbought it can stay overbought for quite awhile. Oh yeah, there are some negative things on the charts, MACD has a large divergence now and the parabolic SAR shows a down trend. (Short term)
So yeah, it’s going to drop from time to time, last year we had a 8% drop it recovered and lead all the funds to the end of the year.
I’m going to hang on a little longer….but who knows what could happen over the weekend.
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Cut me some slack people, it's my only claim to fame (idiot savant right here).
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ayla
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I'm not the dollar expert (but I would like to be). From what I know, I think the US Dollar Index would be more useful. I think that is what 350Z uses when he predicts the daily quote prior to noon for the I fund. All I can find for free on the web is prices for the past week at:
http://quote.barchart.com/quote.asp?sym=$DXY&code=BSTK
If you can find historical data for the Dollar Index also quoted other places such as at http://www.nybot.com/ (see "USDX" upper right hand corner of page), I think it would be much more meaningful. I tried saving it regularly but I lost a couple of weeks around Christmas time. Kind of a hassle, trying to remember to go get the info each day.
Maybe the other data at the link you provided would be helpful but I'll probably only use that if/when I exhaust my search for free historical USDX data. Seems like there would be other factors that would keep the analysis from being straightforward if you use the Dollar/Euro or Dollar/Yen conversion rates. Anyone agree/disagree?
Am in a steep learning curve here so I am open to any corrections or additions to my understanding of the Dollar Index and which values are most useful for analysis.
350zCommTech
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ayla,
while you're here, what was you're interpretation of today's $VIX?
while you're here, what was you're interpretation of today's $VIX?
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