Soooo....is this it?

**Rolo** · 07-21-2004, 03:45 PM

Finally the bulls stood up to the bears yesterday. Will the gains quickly undo the losses over the past two weeks?

**tsptalk** · 07-21-2004, 07:59 PM

Fear? :shock: Let's get it over with.

**Rod** · 07-21-2004, 08:34 PM

Stockssuck about right now.:P

As I said in my other post, I'm hiding in G for a while. We have great gains one day, then great losses the next. You just can't even break even for now. The losses are outweighing the gains in stocks.

**Mike** · 07-22-2004, 07:05 AM

Buy low and sell high... I'm in the market for the next 30-40 years, so none of this bothers me. I'd really hate to be close to retirement right now, though.

**Rod** · 07-22-2004, 09:17 AM

GOT THAT RIGHT!

Will probably go back into stocks around payday.

**Rolo** · 07-22-2004, 01:32 PM

Ow...quit it.

Yeah, the market started moving up and I bought more stocks and even sold my short position. A co-worker, in the afternoon, told me the market took a dive, so I checked my Scottrade...OW...quit it.

Being bullish is getting to be very expensive. :?

**Rolo** · 07-22-2004, 08:47 PM

Cri-men-ee...the Market is a Roulette wheel...red one time, black the next time, hit REFRESH...where she stops, nobody knows!

**nnuut** · 07-23-2004, 01:34 AM

Hi, i'm new to the forum, but have been following it for about 7 months. so far I have lost about $5,000 bucks tryin' all of these different strategies. Is it just the market or is it me?:XWant to make some money, but I think it's gonna be hard to make up that 5 Grand even if the market goes sky high. Only have around $50,000 to work with. Mabye I should hide in the "G" until this is over, but I'm afarad I'll miss the big one if I don't stay full invested. Now I'm 50% C and 50% S. KILLIN ME!!!:sNice to be here and learn.

**tsptalk** · 07-23-2004, 02:27 AM

Welcome nnuut! It sounds like it has been an expensive learning experience for you. I'm not sure how you lost 10% but I guess it's possibleif your timing was real bad.It's hard for me to reasure someone who has been through a beatinglike that but again I don't think hiding at this point would be wise. We may not be at the bottom but time-wise it is getting close. Once that democratic convention concludes and the hype ofthe possibility of a change in presidency calms down, I believe the market will be ready. The cliche that the market hates uncertainty is pretty accurate.

Better luck in the second half.

Tom

**GTO1970** · 07-23-2004, 03:14 AM

nnuut wrote:

Hi, i'm new to the forum, but have been following it for about 7 months. so far I have lost about $5,000 bucks tryin' all of these different strategies. Is it just the market or is it me?:XWant to make some money, but I think it's gonna be hard to make up that 5 Grand even if the market goes sky high. Only have around $50,000 to work with. Mabye I should hide in the "G" until this is over, but I'm afarad I'll miss the big one if I don't stay full invested. Now I'm 50% C and 50% S. KILLIN ME!!!:sNice to be here and learn.

Welcome nnuut!

We all want to make $$ But, times are tough calling this (head off the chicken) market. and the only loses you really have are just on paper or on some hard drive somewhere, it was never in your hand. we all have suffered paper loses and still keepcoming off the stool for the next roundwearing a big smile

on our faces because we pretty sure they can't take our birthdays away from us! but, I bet Rolo will work on finding a way. (LOL)Hang in there! it will come.

Lets all giveTom Three-Cheers for his hard work!!!

:^:^:^

GTO

**tsptalk** · 07-23-2004, 03:21 AM

GTO1970 wrote:

Lets all giveTom Three-Cheers for his hard work!!!

That's about all I've given you lately :#, but thanks.

**azanon** · 07-23-2004, 03:33 AM

I'm rooting for you too Tom. Maybe TSP.gov someday will create a "T" fund, which basically lets federal employees put 100% into it, and Tom can actively move it so we dont have to do it ourselves every few days. (for a small fee of course, hehe)