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OT: Stock and Investment Talk

Have you been in the market? I know you moved out awhile ago.
Never completely out of equities. But have significantly reduced exposures, particularly to more vulnerable and over-valued segments. What remains mostly is large cap value. Did create a variety of Treasury (Note) ladders including TIPS. Holding on to I-Bonds but not accumulating; they serve as a reserve. And maintain short-term Ts via the likes of SGOV and VMFXX. Did exit gold with the recent run up. Expecting to rebalance some and move more into equities when the opportunity "seems" right.

Always get a kick out of following all the manuevering as posted in this thread....
 
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In his defense, he's young.
That’s actually true, almost all investors start investing in their 401k account in their 20-40’s and then realize they accumulate quite a sum. Then in their 50’s they have more assets and start buying individual stocks and start trading. In 5-10 years, he will be trading his main account
 
That’s actually true, almost all investors start investing in their 401k account in their 20-40’s and then realize they accumulate quite a sum. Then in their 50’s they have more assets and start buying individual stocks and start trading. In 5-10 years, he will be trading his main account
I feel like that’s the exact opposite of what you should be doing. FOLM should kick in when you are closer to retirement.
 
I feel like that’s the exact opposite of what you should be doing. FOLM should kick in when you are closer to retirement.
Got enough saved, don’t really worry about losing in the market. I moved to 60% cash CD before the tariffs and waiting to buy at lower prices.

What FOLM stand for?
 
Just imagine you can time it right. I was lucky enough to do that during GFC. I don’t think this is anywhere near that. I do think it’s time to sit on cash and be patient.
We were young/early in our investing during the GFC, so we just bought all the way down and all the way back up. It worked like a dream. So many people that got out during the GFC were too scared to get back in. The stats on this were remarkable (in a bad way).
 
We were young/early in our investing during the GFC, so we just bought all the way down and all the way back up. It worked like a dream. So many people that got out during the GFC were too scared to get back in. The stats on this were remarkable (in a bad way).
I had a front row seat on GFC. Went 100% cash in 2008 and bought it all back in 2009. Hope I would never have to do that again.
 
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I had a front row seat on GFC. Went 100% cash in 2008 and bought it all back in 2009. Hope I would never have to do that again.
We started investing in late 2005, but our balances were modest by the GFC. The GFC also never impacted us directly. Pharma is essentially immune to the economy in many ways and the wife was already working at RU on multi-year grants.
 
FOLM?

FOLMFriends of the Littleton Library and Museum (Littleton,CO)
FOLMFriends of Lake McQueeney (Texas)
FOLMFriends of Lake Merced (San Francisco, CA)
 
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You have FOLM.
Yes because 95% of the time I don’t lose money but yes, I might make more leaving it in. My sister leave it in and doesn’t really look at it.

However, if I’m scared of losing money why am I in the stock market? I should put everything in treasuries bonds and CD. I also play poker and won 6 out of the last 7 times I played. Most people that I played at home don’t play at a casino because they found they lose money at casinos.

I think there are people that sense danger and I’m one of them.
 
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Yes because 95% of the time I don’t lose money but yes, I might make more leaving it in. My sister leave it in and doesn’t really look at it.

However, if I’m scared of losing money why am I in the stock market? I should put everything in treasuries bonds and CD. I also play poker and won 6 out of the last 7 times I played. Most people that I played at home don’t play at a casino because they found they lose money at casinos.

I think there are people that sense danger and I’m one of them.
You sense danger and pull out of the market literally every week (and miss out on so much). You are way too jittery. Can't live life scared.
 
I’ve mentioned them before here. V and MA are favorites of mine. Perfect “financials” for me. No credit risk and just transaction processing. People will use them all the time regardless of economy.

Antitrust issues come up from time to time but it hasn’t been much of an issue to date.
V/MA in the green on this red open. Telcos like T and VZ as well. Utilities mixed to slightly down. UNH in the green pushing up against 550 again and healthcare also mixed to slightly down. META only one on my tech screen in the green.

Personally, I'd be looking to see what might get attractive if this down turn turns into something more. NKE I've been wanting deeper in the 60s but it's held that low 70s support. Maybe CMG will have some pain from he tariffs that might make it a little more reasonable. Possibly some tech names as well. INTC back down to the low end of its recent trading range.

I'm not a fan of buying when things are up up up and think there are more potential opportunities when things are red not just for a day but over some time. To me it's a time to have your antennae up.
 
V/MA in the green on this red open. Telcos like T and VZ as well. Utilities mixed to slightly down. UNH in the green pushing up against 550 again and healthcare also mixed to slightly down. META only one on my tech screen in the green.

Personally, I'd be looking to see what might get attractive if this down turn turns into something more. NKE I've been wanting deeper in the 60s but it's held that low 70s support. Maybe CMG will have some pain from he tariffs that might make it a little more reasonable. Possibly some tech names as well. INTC back down to the low end of its recent trading range.

I'm not a fan of buying when things are up up up and think there are more potential opportunities when things are red not just for a day but over some time. To me it's a time to have your antennae up.
NKE rallied back for me to turn my position green (as of Friday). Would love to buy CMG, SHAK, Walmart, and some banks if they dip enough.
 
Cramer said a lot of things during that time. He said to buy Bear Stearns.
He's on TV so much and has to give like 10-15 positions/calls every damn day. He is right and wrong on many things. The big problem is, nobody knows when he is right or wrong so his advice is essentially useless.
 
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NKE rallied back for me to turn my position green (as of Friday). Would love to buy CMG, SHAK, Walmart, and some banks if they dip enough.
Yea it bounced off that low 70s area and got up to the high 70s but don't expect it to break the low 80s where the 200DMA is currently. It would take a real turnaround for it to break through that definitively and I don't see that on the table any time soon. China tariffs might hurt it too and if earnings might not bring it to the level I'm willing to step in maybe the tariffs will.
 
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V/MA in the green on this red open. Telcos like T and VZ as well. Utilities mixed to slightly down. UNH in the green pushing up against 550 again and healthcare also mixed to slightly down. META only one on my tech screen in the green.

Personally, I'd be looking to see what might get attractive if this down turn turns into something more. NKE I've been wanting deeper in the 60s but it's held that low 70s support. Maybe CMG will have some pain from he tariffs that might make it a little more reasonable. Possibly some tech names as well. INTC back down to the low end of its recent trading range.

I'm not a fan of buying when things are up up up and think there are more potential opportunities when things are red not just for a day but over some time. To me it's a time to have your antennae up.
Staples also mixed to slightly red, except for alcohol which looks more red. WM/RSG green too, essentially staples. Loved these companies, specifically WM, way back when the dividend yields were much better. Still good but not the same attractiveness for me now. Good long term hold though from back then.
 
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Don’t mess with my Modelo and Avavados
My daily lib breakfast of Colombian coffee and Mexican avocado toast was in serious peril the past couple of weeks.
Good thing Emperor Hero-eat-o has over 2% real GDP growth to “play with” because a recession would be an absolute disaster.
 
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