Down goes the Dow! Down goes the Dow!

I bought AAPL and HD during the hiccup. They're up an average of 7% already.

Dow and nasdaq will hold until Obamys last year...then BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM down it will go like CLINTON last year. Everyone knows that is gonna happen.Everyone will pull out and make moves 2 years from now. In Clintons final 3 years it was identical to this IDENTICAL...in the end it will carsh and everyone will lose half of the money unless they are prepared.

Last years!!! wrote:

Dow and nasdaq will hold until Obamys last year...then BOOOOOOOOMMMMMM down it will go like CLINTON last year. Everyone knows that is gonna happen.Everyone will pull out and make moves 2 years from now. In Clintons final 3 years it was identical to this IDENTICAL...in the end it will carsh and everyone will lose half of the money unless they are prepared.

Dude, you are SO right. Since everyone knows this is going to happen it does seem a bit odd that they are not selling now and then waiting to get back in after the crash. Oh well, details.

But, speaking of The End of Time, I am thinking that it will look something like this:

Yukon Gold wrote:

It's amazing that coach d and Flagpole are ALWAYS making the right moves at the right time. They must be rich beyond our wildest dreams.

I envy you guys.

Flagpole's "moves" seem to be to put money into the market at regular intervals and trust in the long term trend of it going up.

This is the investing equivalent of eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and getting plenty of sleep. It's boring, but it works.

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

Yukon Gold wrote:

It's amazing that coach d and Flagpole are ALWAYS making the right moves at the right time. They must be rich beyond our wildest dreams.

I envy you guys.

Flagpole's "moves" seem to be to put money into the market at regular intervals and trust in the long term trend of it going up.

This is the investing equivalent of eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and getting plenty of sleep. It's boring, but it works.

The process is boring, but who needs excitement in that? You are correct that it works, and after 24+ years of investing in this manner, the excitement is in seeing the total today that was no where near that level initially.

It's up 4.87, or was when I wrote this.

NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks hit session highs on Wednesday after minutes from the latest policy-setting Federal Reserve meeting showed many officials wanted more reassurance the employment recovery was on solid ground before winding down the bond-buying program.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 15.89 points or 0.1 percent, to 15,316.23, after climbing to an intraday high at 15,348.95. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 2.11 points or 0.13 percent, to 1,654.43, after rising as high as 1,657.92. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 12.85 points or 0.37 percent, to 3,517.11, after climbing as high as 3,522.64.

Like i said

"Everyone knows Coach D is a bona fide moron. If the market continues to drop he'll sadly think he's smart. If the market rebounds next week, he'll disappear until it drops again."

Don't group flagpole with CoachD. Flagpole isn't always right(nobody is) but he's not a moron by any means and in general knows his stuff. Coach D is on a level all by himself of stupidity.

So says the JV javelin thrower.

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

Yukon Gold wrote:

It's amazing that coach d and Flagpole are ALWAYS making the right moves at the right time. They must be rich beyond our wildest dreams.

I envy you guys.

Flagpole's "moves" seem to be to put money into the market at regular intervals and trust in the long term trend of it going up.

This is the investing equivalent of eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and getting plenty of sleep. It's boring, but it works.

It works as long as the market goes up.

Which it does not always do.

Kracker wrote:

It works as long as the market goes up.

Which it does not always do.

It's always either going up, or getting ready to go up.

Kracker wrote:

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

Flagpole's "moves" seem to be to put money into the market at regular intervals and trust in the long term trend of it going up.

This is the investing equivalent of eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and getting plenty of sleep. It's boring, but it works.

It works as long as the market goes up.

Which it does not always do.

Over time, it always goes up. 73% of years are UP years. IF you put money in consistently over time, ESPECIALLY if you also have dividend-giving stocks in there, you will make more money than you thought possible (unless you already figured out all the possibilities). I don't like math, except when it comes to figuring returns annually...very cool how much that can be per year.

got to love capitalism - I'm off in a foreign land, doing nothing but having fun, and I'm making tons of money off other people's labor at the same time.

doesn't sound right when I put it that way, but I need the money so I'm cool with it.

It goes up as long as the Fed has a Wall Street friendly loose monetary policy, which is most of the time since Greenspan. The real losers are savers who get less than 1% on their savings or CDs while even the fake inflation rate is more than twice that.The new fed chair selection will be interesting.

Kracker wrote:

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

Flagpole's "moves" seem to be to put money into the market at regular intervals and trust in the long term trend of it going up.

This is the investing equivalent of eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and getting plenty of sleep. It's boring, but it works.

It works as long as the market goes up.

Which it does not always do.

Uncle Ben wrote:

It goes up as long as the Fed has a Wall Street friendly loose monetary policy, which is most of the time since Greenspan.

The real losers are savers who get less than 1% on their savings or CDs while even the fake inflation rate is more than twice that.

The new fed chair selection will be interesting.

Kracker wrote:

It works as long as the market goes up.

Which it does not always do.

There are very complete records for stock market performance going back to 1926. The market has been going up since then (actually, since well before then but the records are not quite so complete). I'm gonna take a wild guess that Greenspan's term started sometime after 1926.

Uncle Ben wrote:

It goes up as long as the Fed has a Wall Street friendly loose monetary policy, which is most of the time since Greenspan.

The real losers are savers who get less than 1% on their savings or CDs while even the fake inflation rate is more than twice that.

The whole point has been to get people investing in the market.

Record closing highs today for the Dow and S&P 500.

Previous to Greenspan the economy was actually expanding and monetary stimulus wasn't necessary. You can't talk about 1926 when so much has changed since. The link between the economy and Dow performance is long gone.

Fed stimulus and the Bernanke / Greenspan put is the main driver since the late 90's. When WS thought the fed was going to raise last month, the market pulled back quick. If you think earnings are the main driver, you are going to have a bad time.

It benefits the economy as whole to get natural savers to invest in the stock market, just Wall Street. There would be more consumer spending if savers were getting 4%, but there'd be Hedge Fund types unemployed. I'm not going to occupy, that's just how it is.

I'm 75% invested and have been in the game since 99. I hate the players, not the game.

Uncle Ben wrote:

Previous to Greenspan the economy was actually expanding and monetary stimulus wasn't necessary. You can't talk about 1926 when so much has changed since. The link between the economy and Dow performance is long gone.

Fed stimulus and the Bernanke / Greenspan put is the main driver since the late 90's. When WS thought the fed was going to raise last month, the market pulled back quick. If you think earnings are the main driver, you are going to have a bad time.

It benefits the economy as whole to get natural savers to invest in the stock market, just Wall Street. There would be more consumer spending if savers were getting 4%, but there'd be Hedge Fund types unemployed. I'm not going to occupy, that's just how it is.

I'm 75% invested and have been in the game since 99. I hate the players, not the game.

Actually,

1) I can

and

2) It is not

Trends come and go but the game remains the same. For companies it is to make as much money as possible. For investors, it is to gain as large a share of this money as possible.

The rest is noise - to be heeded by fools.