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Same here. Took a hit in 2017 when I jumped around a little. Finally stayed in "S".
 
C fund is pushing at the upper bollinger band and may be due for a breather... will stay put for now but still will likely split between C and S.
 
Sometimes you just got to dance with the girl you came to the prom with. Case in point. I changed my allocation to a 60% I fund, 40% S fund mix towards the end of December. So far this year, the I fund has been the laggard, 0.37% gain year to date. But today, it looks to be in the lead. I won't really know until it goes through all it's gyrations this evening and spits out a final closing price, but right now it's looking pretty good. I want to stand pat at least until the jobs report comes out tomorrow.

Schools closed in my neck of the woods today, so I'm enjoying an extra day off!!! Woohoo!:D
 
Yes, Small Caps are a hard sell... but I did it on last day of year and that was a sad day! :(

I am in 20%S and 30%I fund. Would like to buy more S fund because it looks like it has room to move up (down around 20 on Slow Stochastic) while C and I fund are looking a bit top heavy (above 80 on Slow Stochastic) and keep looking like they might drop but then defy gravity and continue up!!!! lol..... :rolleyes:

But no matter how you look at it, the equity charts look good. I was thinking to move into F because we typically have a little drop off after the first week in January but that chart looky no good right now! So I am not doing that ...at least not yet. I would like to see it MACD cross positive on the F fund chart before I move anything there. Maybe when Congress gets back in next week and they start blabbering and fighting...

So for now, sitting tight. The I fund is up at 1.15%+ right now.:D I was debating exiting just to lock in that gain.. it looks to be gapping up in a huge way... so what goes up must come down eventually. Uggh... decisions decisions....14 minutes.

Best Wishes to you and everyone on your Investments!!!!!!!! :smile:
 
Compared to the American market the "I" fund still has room to grow.
 
Hey there, I just saw that you live in Hampton Roads. I'm stationed at Langley so we aren't far. I live out in Smithfield and we received a nice bit of snow out here. My '06 Subaru WRX STI enjoyed going for a little journey through the neighborhood this morning. :D
 
Hey MaStA! We get up that way on occasion, took the '01 Exploder (AWD) out yesterday only to discover a front end noise when accelerating in the snow... hoping its just a CV joint.

Not getting a good read on the Dollar which has been sliding, apparently up this morning, Europe markets are up, trying to decide on taking a bite of the I; which would be impacted by the dollar if it rallies as predicted. Still disappointed by the S, maybe it will accelerate today? C still outpacing S at this point this morning.
 
100% G COB - purely speculative and based on the seasonality chart and the highs being made. Worst case I'll get back in on Monday or Tuesday with a new allocation.
 
Your Personal Investment Performance (PIP) for the past 12 months ending 12/31/2017 is 11.37%. Not toooo shabby...
 
This freight train has to reverse soon...Probably a good move for today. I want to take a bigger position but I'll wait for a pullback I guess.

Whipsaw said:
100% G COB - purely speculative and based on the seasonality chart and the highs being made. Worst case I'll get back in on Monday or Tuesday with a new allocation.
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Whipsaw, I think you did right. I agonized over whether to stay in or not, and didn't exit. I don't like these run up at the close on Friday days. Usually followed by a plunge the next week. Especially don't like the S, which opened up, down to touch the opening, and then acellerated up at the close. That kind of activity is usually a sign that the last holdout buyers are desperate to buy so they don't miss the train, and the train has already left the station.

If I had exited today, I'd be up 2% for the month, or about 20 to 25% of my yearly goal. Would have been the prudent thing to do.

Here's hoping I'm wrong and we're on a steady upgrade next week!
 
Well, the open makes your move look even better. That's what I was afraid of when I saw the ascending close on Friday.
 
Well, that dip lasted all of 4 hours. I hate Mondays, gets too busy... I'll likely be back in on Wednesday now, C and I mostly, with some S...
 
I swear, its like changing lines in the supermarket! I move out of S and it takes off! ;swear
 
Whipsaw said:
I swear, its like changing lines in the supermarket! I move out of S and it takes off! ;swear
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Or changing lanes on a crowded freeway!!
I often make that analogy when in stop and go traffic.
'Buy the Dips!'

But then, you of all people must be well aware of the whipsaw nature of markets! :laugh:
 
Futures are down! So, I bailed a little early, that said the S-Fund wasn't doing anything for me. How much of a dip do we get?
 
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