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Nice moves, everyone! :cheesy: I didn't make it to my workstation in time to do anything, which is fine at the moment. I may regret it on Monday, at which point I'll be in the S-Fund till I retire, or maybe move to the C-Fund, seeing how S is @^%!@#$! I'm still 2-3% shy of my entry. :suspicious: I'm learning, and re-learning, some things. Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend!

 
Flipped a coin last week on expectation of further downside, only to see potential bull flags... if my position is any indicator, they will pop to the upside. I still have an IFT to get back in... No telling what the FOMC meeting will come up with. Maybe I'll get lucky with a better buy in.
 
That's what makes this market so frustrating. And then to rub salt in the wound I have to periodically look at the Autotracker and see all the folks with double digit returns. It's enough to make a fella want to run out into the middle of traffic...:nuts:
 
ravensfan said:
That's what makes this market so frustrating. And then to rub salt in the wound I have to periodically look at the Autotracker and see all the folks with double digit returns. It's enough to make a fella want to run out into the middle of traffic...:nuts:
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Unlike the earlier days when folks had a good streak and were hitting double digits they would talk about what they where doing and why. Our top 20 folks are dead silent on what they are doing. I know a couple of them can't because they are pay to play.
 
Even if they are pay to play, they must be doing something different than what they are paying for. I don't think any of the subscription services are producing double digit gains, so far, this year.

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Unlike the earlier days when folks had a good streak and were hitting double digits they would talk about what they where doing and why. Our top 20 folks are dead silent on what they are doing. I know a couple of them can't because they are pay to play.
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weatherweenie said:
Even if they are pay to play, they must be doing something different than what they are paying for. I don't think any of the subscription services are producing double digit gains, so far, this year.
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They must be doing something different.

This is from the AutoTracker normal list showing the "S" fund ranking at #37.

If you go to the premium list, 15 of the top 20 are not premium and the "S" fund drops to #49

** This list DOES NOT include the accounts of Premium Service Members **
Premium Service Members can login and view the full list here... Full List

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HI Whipsaw! I have been contemplating an entry since yesterday but holding off until today's Fed news comes out. So looking at possible entry tomorrow.... will see....

And Nasa.... Yes the Non-Premium Members are doing Great!! Congrats to them! But I recognize that Timing the market has been tough this year and its not over until its over. Even "buy and hold" has done great this year! Of course as soon as I try that strategy the market will kick me! Pretty sure about it! :sick: Of course in a month or so we start hitting the historically "weak" period. So maybe I get confident enough, just in time to get my butt kicked!

I have noticed that over the last 20 years or so, the market does tend to do well the YEAR AFTER we have a good drop. So that would be this year. But still so close to retirement, I don't want to risk too much.

Today the market is doing great. Kinda goes with what I had been thinking.... that we would have a slow move up once the Mexico issues fell to the backburner (early last week) and up until the Fed news or end of June, when the China news starts to get heavy.

Sad Note: I did not follow strategy to stay in as long as the 3 EMA was above 5 EMA. Exited too early... dang.... :blink:
and gave the MACD histogram bars too much consideration.

Best Wishes to Everyone on their Investments!!!!!!!* :smile:
 
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WS: You are doing very good this year..Congrats.. you have a very good sense for timing. I think I should follow you!!:smile:

So when are you jumping back in????
I am trying to stick to 50% entry at most... I know maybe that is too conservative, but I would cry hard if it dropped like a tank with me in it at 100% just a couple years before retirement.

But then I think, maybe I should Go For It since I do not plan to take everything out at once.... and so it will need to last a long time (hopefully 20-25 years-- God willing). I don't know.. still need to think more on what my investment strategy will be once I do retire.


NOTE: The skeptic in me sometimes wonders about these big moves early in the day BEFORE the Fed announces its decision on rate cuts. increases, or none. Like maybe the news has leaked and savvy persons in the know are taking advantage of that "insider" information.
 
Thanks DBA! Always appreciate your insight. I'm still listening too (?) closely to RSOTC, who is still looking at a big correction, bear market, reset, sell off, crash, whatever you want to call it. He's looking at Monthly charts regarding this, so no real granularity on when; could be tomorrow, could be in 4 months. So, I guess this overly impacts my short term decisions as it is in the back of my mind. I recommend checking this out...

 
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Well the FED decided to hold rates at their current levels as there was only a 23% chance of a rate cut coming this month. Market moved up a little with the news so it seems to like what came out of the meeting. I am taking this as good news as the market is up even with the great day we had yesterday.

I was expecting a down day, but hey anything in the green is okay with me...:banana:

It sucks that the month of May took my entire 2019 year to date earnings but I am happy to be back at square one...:arms:
 
Whipsaw said:
I'm still listening too (?) closely to RSOTC, who is still looking at a big correction, bear market, reset, sell off, crash, whatever you want to call it. He's looking at Monthly charts regarding this, so no real granularity on when; could be tomorrow, could be in 4 months......
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I followed him on YouTube for a while and unfortunately he's been talking about this big drop that's coming going back for months and months.
I know there have been some comments on his videos from people complaining they kept loosing out on gains listening to him and finally got in the market and made some money.
I know a lot of other commentators also talk about the overvaluation of the market and how a big correction is coming, and while that could very well be true, I take that just as something to keep in the back of my mind for the long term.
 
Looks like the market likes what happened at the FED yesterday. Futures are up and the rally is on! Good luck everyone!:arms:
 
Trump says it could have been an accident! Markets going back UP, filled one of those GAPS!
 
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