Down goes the Dow

See you're still listening to Alex Jones . Plus ça change !

Karel wrote:

Try to keep up wrote:

Not really.

You need to check yur cyphering bucko. Like the other poster said at this rate they’ll all be negative on the year just like the Dow. Thems CDs lookin mighty swell.

What rate? The one day rate, or the more meaningful YTD rate?

You can’t be stupid enough to think the former is important. Or are you Igy?

LOL. Once again la gente nails it. Well done, sir.

Try to keep up wrote:

Karel wrote:

You need to check yur cyphering bucko. Like the other poster said at this rate they’ll all be negative on the year just like the Dow. Thems CDs lookin mighty swell.

What rate? The one day rate, or the more meaningful YTD rate?

You can’t be stupid enough to think the former is important. Or are you Igy?

Watch it. I don’t write like a hillbilly.

Igy here wrote:

Try to keep up wrote:

What rate? The one day rate, or the more meaningful YTD rate?

You can’t be stupid enough to think the former is important. Or are you Igy?

Watch it. I don’t write like a hillbilly.

Pay attention. You’re not Igy.

dunnot follow wrote:

seattle prattle wrote:

i don't have nearly enough balls to take out anything but the smallest of short positions.

No, it means i am in a bit more cash than usual in case there's better entry points below. In my brokerage accounts, that means about 8% in cash. I know that's not much but it's more than than i normally do.

But come to think of it, if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in.

So if the market goes south, you go down with it. How is that being "positioned to buy on a massive dip."? Why would that prompt you to say "let the stocks fall where they may"?

buying the dip. And if done right, i come out on the other side in even better standing.

Took a nibble this morning on S&P 500 triple leveraged and i'm up a little over a percent on the day.

seattle prattle wrote:

dunnot follow wrote:

So if the market goes south, you go down with it. How is that being "positioned to buy on a massive dip."? Why would that prompt you to say "let the stocks fall where they may"?

buying the dip. And if done right, i come out on the other side in even better standing.

Took a nibble this morning on S&P 500 triple leveraged and i'm up a little over a percent on the day.

Makes zero sense. If you are heavily invested in the market -- which I think is what you are saying -- "if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in -- whatever the Hell that means -- then "let the stocks fall where they may" is not the appropriate sentiment.

Big Dog Investments wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Sure, let’s keep an eye on it over the next month and report back.

One month later it’s up almost 18%. Thanks for asking.

Now nearing 28%. Not bad for less than three months. Igy did it again.

Big Dog Investments wrote:

Big Dog Investments wrote:

One month later it’s up almost 18%. Thanks for asking.

Now nearing 28%. Not bad for less than three months. Igy did it again.

The pure genius of following what everybody else does.

For now.

gente, in all honesty, I have no idea who Alex Jones is, nor do I care. His name does ring a bell so I have heard it mentioned at some point.

I am not subject to popular influences, as I have no exposure to such things. I only talk about what I know from either firsthand experience, or secondhand discussion from those with firsthand experience--and when I ramble based on feeling, it's obvious.

In the past 2 years I have wearied of the game, so I will play a new one that is more interesting to me. YMMV

Still makes no sense at all wrote:

seattle prattle wrote:

buying the dip. And if done right, i come out on the other side in even better standing.

Took a nibble this morning on S&P 500 triple leveraged and i'm up a little over a percent on the day.

Makes zero sense. If you are heavily invested in the market -- which I think is what you are saying -- "if you take into account the triple leveraged ETFs i have significant holdings of, i guess i'm a lot more than 100% in -- whatever the Hell that means -- then "let the stocks fall where they may" is not the appropriate sentiment.

I know this is confusing, even to me.

I ran the numbers since you asked, and thanks to the power of triple leveraging, I am actually 158% invested. Another words, for every $1,000 i have of my money in the market, i own $1,580 worth of stock. If this is new to you, you can check out TNA (triple leveraged Russel 2000 index ETF).

But i also have a wad of cash sitting on the sidelines which i could use if i see a good buying opportunity (as in if a massive dip were to occur).

Does that make sense? Of course, if there's a drop in the market, my net worth tumbles. But if i time it right, it could be a good entry point to put that cash to work in the market, and if the market then recovers, my holdings appreciate even more.

I would have to admit this is a bit risky and that has occurred to me...

Schlogel wrote:

Big Dog Investments wrote:

Now nearing 28%. Not bad for less than three months. Igy did it again.

The pure genius of following what everybody else does.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-20/greatest-short-squeeze-history

For now.

I’m long.

(Nice try at diverting the discussion though.)

Igy here wrote:

Maserati,

Love your post and thanks for the shout out. I just hope I don’t have to follow civilization in reverse and cross the Siberian land bridge in mid-winter. Hah!

I completed immuno therapy/chemo therapy regimen earlier this month. I am back to exercising and working on a regular schedule albiet at a reduced rate. Prognosis looks good statistically but I will know more next month after PET scan and oncologist consultation.

Have a good trip.

Igy

Well, I said civilization, not "Man". I don't know that those who came over the land bridge represented any real form of civilization, probably only tribalism.

Great to hear that news that you look good statistically, I would take it. Enjoy the yard work and the fact that chemo is done, I'm sure your wife will find you PLENTY to keep you busy :)

Never gets old baby wrote:

401k looking like a 201k ... boy, that NEVER gets old even after the 5,000th time I’ve heard it!

Maybe you're loaded like Trump and you don't have to rely on a 401(k) for retirement income. With the King in Office the separation between the "haves" & "have nots" has gotten even greater. The rich get richer with the King's tax cuts! But hey...you can't expect a filthy rich BILLIONAIRE to understand the needs of the lower middle-class. ?

Igy here wrote:

Maserati,

Love your post and thanks for the shout out. I just hope I don’t have to follow civilization in reverse and cross the Siberian land bridge in mid-winter. Hah!

I completed immuno therapy/chemo therapy regimen earlier this month. I am back to exercising and working on a regular schedule albiet at a reduced rate. Prognosis looks good statistically but I will know more next month after PET scan and oncologist consultation.

Have a good trip.

Igy

That's all you do is talk about your cancer. Did the sick care system actually cure you of the cancer or put in remission? Treating the symptoms with toxic drugs doesn't solve the problem as to why you got cancer in first place. I'd try to find out why your immune system (i.e. cancer killer cells) didn't recognize the mutating WBCs of the lymphatic system and initiate cell death.

First off I was responding to Maserati’s question. Of course my disease is not of concern to many here. On the other hand in the future it may. Who knows? I am fairly certain in your case that is an unanswered questions.

OK, perhaps you know more about lymphoma that the medical community. OR, maybe you know less than what I have learned over the past five months. Likely you fall in the later category. First, there are 60 different types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. My disease follicular lymphoma 3a represents about 6% of those cases. One of the risks for the disease is mononucleosis which I had a severe case at age 18. The average age of diagnosis is 65 and I am 67. At this time there is no clear markers to determine the future progression of the disease or it’s orgin. However, the treatment of R-CHOP, a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy has a overall median survival after tre

....treatment approaching 20 years. In my case I had four or fewer nodal sites, good LDH numbers, no bone marrow involvement and no B symptoms. As a result the FLIPI2 scoring and current research is to treat with cureative intent. At some point in the coming months I will start a maintenance immunotherapy of a Rituxan shot once every two months for two years.

I would be happy to answer any other question you or others may have.

Igy

The real Igy walked away from this thread years ago. His imposter left in recent weeks. Don’t feed the troll.

Focus on the last paragraph. From Medscape:

“The most common acquired nonrandom chromosomal translocation in patients with follicular lymphomas is the t(14;18) translocation, which is found in more than 80% of cases. [17] This chromosomal translocation brings the bcl2 proto-oncogene under the transcriptional influence of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene, leading to the overexpression of a functionally normal bcl-2 protein. Overexpression of the bcl-2 protein, a protein of the mitochondrial membrane, confers a survival advantage to the cancer cells by inhibiting programmed cell death (apoptosis). Although the exact mechanism of action of bcl-2 is unclear, its interaction with other homologues is felt to determine the likelihood of a cell undergoing apoptosis.

The detection of the t(14;18) product by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is used frequently in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with follicular lymphomas. Nevertheless, this translocation has been detected in healthy patients and in patients with other types of tumors.”