Going through my market notes for 2008:
Wouldn't that be something if 2009 followed suit from 1938???The stock market plummeted 38.5% in 2008.
That was the worst annual decline since 1937,
when the stock market fell 38.6%. The stock market
advanced almost 25% in the year following that
record decline.
What to do...
What to do...
"Treat your wife with honor, respect, and understanding as you live together so that you can pray effectively as husband and wife." 1 Peter 3:7
What can I say???
As usual, I exited one day early.
One thing I will not subject myself to is chasing this bounce, however long-lived it may be... because I will be late getting in.
Good luck out there.
Rod
"Treat your wife with honor, respect, and understanding as you live together so that you can pray effectively as husband and wife." 1 Peter 3:7
After today, I feel much better about selling on Tuesday. Because if I would have been in yesterday, I would have stayed in until at least today in hopes to catch a follow-through bounce, which never transpired. Had I remained, my account would be lower now than what I sold off at. So yeah, I feel vindicated. But still, I'm very ticked at myself. I'm not ticked that I tried playing the bear, but that I played with 100% of my account. That's a very dangerous proposition in today's environment.
I need to keep the greed in-check.
Rod
"Treat your wife with honor, respect, and understanding as you live together so that you can pray effectively as husband and wife." 1 Peter 3:7
I'll probably not use 50% any more...
So we have the lows going back to September 1996 - so that's not too bad. The years of 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, were all good years to be invested - not that matters now, or does it. I wouldn't worry about the NFP number tomorrow - we still have over 75% more people working since 1982. Bring on 600/6000 and watch the fireworks that develope.
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