Thread: Rod's Account Talk

Hi Rod, I see you are finally splitting your shares. Are you done jumping in and out of funds every other day? Do you plan on sitting in some for awhile? It seems that the ones who stay in and follow the trend line are doing better. What do you think? I made some poor choices that I 've had to wrestle through, but I have learned volumes. Now I just have to try and remember it. God Bless

vectorman wrote:

Hi Rod, I see you are finally splitting your shares. Are you done jumping in and out of funds every other day? Do you plan on sitting in some for awhile? It seems that the ones who stay in and follow the trend line are doing better. What do you think? I made some poor choices that I 've had to wrestle through, but I have learned volumes. Now I just have to try and remember it. God Bless

Yeah, I may use this split for a little while. Then again I may not. I am normally 100%G for Thursdays, but with how things have been going lately tomorrow may bring in a little green... especially in the I Fund.

God Bless:^

Rod,

I'm with you Bud. I've been a buy/holder for about one month now, with almost 7.5% gains across the board. Nothing magical on my part, I've found throughout the years that Oct-Dec 31st has been a good time to be in equities. October has been up 7 of the last 8 years, even in Bear markets (except for 2001, I believe) Had I taken my own advice and stayed in the whole October, I would be up 12-13% just since Oct 1st. Nothing magical, just getting in and staying in for a while Oct-Dec 31st. Just my thoughts. Lord bless you.

Joel

Hi Joel,my names Dan, I live in TN. ,while you're staying in, do you still keep some shares in the G fund or are you all in the C,S/I. Thanks Sorry Rod wrong place

Rod, I know you missed last thur and fri. like myself.Did you play in last years bull market. Since we coming in at higer prices, I guess that leaves us a few shares short. How do you pick up extra shares in a bull mkt. What do I have to watch out for, do you know of any pit falls, beside emotional decision making? Hope you have a big blessing this week.

jgpalmerdds wrote:

Rod,

I'm with you Bud. I've been a buy/holder for about one month now, with almost 7.5% gains across the board. Nothing magical on my part, I've found throughout the years that Oct-Dec 31st has been a good time to be in equities. October has been up 7 of the last 8 years, even in Bear markets (except for 2001, I believe) Had I taken my own advice and stayed in the whole October, I would be up 12-13% just since Oct 1st. Nothing magical, just getting in and staying in for a while Oct-Dec 31st. Just my thoughts. Lord bless you.

Joel

Yeah... I missed out on most of the election rally but did catch the wave for 1 day of it. Then I became bearish after the interest rate hike and missed that rally too.:?

It's not that I lost a lot of$$$, I simply missed some important gains because of historical trends that did not pan outin my favor orI did not want to buy in high. But then it went even higher. That's when I decided to buy in no matter what because I thought the market would go even higher- and it is. Then the day I bought in- 16 Nov, I had a loss. Go figure!

That's when I decided it's best to even out my allocations across the board a bit until the market "levels out". Since I've done that, I've practically made up my losses from the 16th.

16th losses:$58.91

17th gains: $51.12

So, some buy&holding may be a good strategy at this point in time. I'm still trying to decide. We'll se what today brings when I am normally 100%G.

God Bless:^

vectorman wrote:

Rod, I know you missed last thur and fri. like myself.Did you play in last years bull market. Since we coming in at higer prices, I guess that leaves us a few shares short. How do you pick up extra shares in a bull mkt. What do I have to watch out for, do you know of any pit falls, beside emotional decision making? Hope you have a big blessing this week.

I'm fairly new at this too- as my disclaimer states. So, I wasn't trading last year.

Those are great questions though, which I'd love to know the answer to also. I won't sit here and pretend that I know the answers, or attempt to give you "good" advice. It would be best that you pose this question to Tom who is a seasoned investor.

God Bless:^

Thanks Rod, Tom said after a good night sleep he'll try to answer some of my questions. Stay focused on what really matters ( I had to learn the hard way, but thankfully got taken to the wood shed. and shone by way of the Light my bondage ). God bless

I am 100% S :^

I'm feel'n bullish...

Effective Monday:

70 S

30 I

God Bless:^

Well, today was DEAD RED. But let's not become discouraged.

I'm glad I was only 30G 20C 20S 30I.

God Bless:^