Thread: Squalebear's Account Talk

Originally Posted by XL-entLady

http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showpost.p...&postcount=439

I've encountered a glitch with my first <1% IFT. I'll let you know how it shakes out.

Lady

Never mind! It was a "rounding" glitch in my spreadsheets. You can't round to whole numbers or 2 places in a spreadsheet when the TSP carries it to 4 places!

Lady

Glad things worked out for ya Lady.

My next goal is to find out how I can take a Query Formula in a
Excel Spreadsheet and have it work in my MSWorks Spreadsheet.
I love the automatic updating feature I saw, but haven't a clue if
it would even be possible. I spend tons of time "Manually" updating
my Works Spreadsheet and I'm finding it more difficult each day.

Charts Predict: S&P 660 Today, Bottom 'Within Days'
The broader stock market needs an "exhaustion" of selling before buyers can take control, but that time is close, according to charts of the S&P 500 index, independent trader Bill McLaren said Friday.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27835414

Other quotes:

Oscar’s video (evening 19 Nov) predicted S&P 723, possibly via 900, with a possible 688 to follow.
An CNBC contributor this morning cited Fibonacci levels: DOW either rebounds to close above 79xx or will fall to 66xx

But neither said the lowest was “the bottom”

With Waxman’s elevation, business has a whole new world coming to them. Has that been reckoned in?

I think we might be setting up for a nice Thanksgiving week bounce - considering the strong 58-year history for these next few days - and fueled by severe recent selloff.
I'm in stocks 40%....which means I remain a liiiiittle cautious

Originally Posted by TerpTrader

I think we might be setting up for a nice Thanksgiving week bounce - considering the strong 58-year history for these next few days - and fueled by severe recent selloff.
I'm in stocks 40%....which means I remain a liiiiittle cautious

How much historical information had pre-depression type weight being
carried on the Markets Shoulders. A consumer based economy is heavily
dependant on retail. I think it extremely intelligent to remain aliiiiitle cautious

Being that the market is mixed at this point with the (I) Fund's looking
very nice, I'm hold off on any IFT's today. The hope being that the
funds end UP slightly by days end. This would allow me to jack up my
Funds, if all works out, to 78-0-8-7-7. Currently they're 81-0-7-6-6.
All told, the decision will come on Monday at 11:45am. Good Luck !

I believe the Thanksgiving bounce will be more like a "thud"

The only good news we have is gas prices, which will translate into more Holiday travel.

The bad news? Folks are losing their jobs, and even more folks are worried about losing their jobs. This group of people are not going to be spending much money so long as their worried.

Originally Posted by JTH

I believe the Thanksgiving bounce will be more like a "thud"

The only good news we have is gas prices, which will translate into more Holiday travel.

The bad news? Folks are losing their jobs, and even more folks are worried about losing their jobs. This group of people are not going to be spending much money so long as their worried.

I'll Bet the Feds cut Interest Rates Next Week, and the week after the Auto Companies get their Bridge Loan. This is only my short term prediction.

Anything after that, I'm hoping to be out because there will be allot of more Bad economic reports coming out.

I'm looking for a Big Move Up short term to Bail.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCyhi-6EFc

A final thought;

By doing the <1% IFT's, I did a calculation to see how expensive this has
been since I started doing this on November 10, 2008. Here's the figures;

Buy and Hold vs. <1% IFT
I currently have 0.3396% less (dollars) in my overall balance then I would
have if I simply left things alone and did a Buy & Hold on all funds.

I currently have +393.6873 more shares in (C).
I currently have +267.6655 more shares in (S).
I currently have +191.9435 more shares in (I).

I currently have -673.5767 less shares in (G).

The .34% that I mentioned above is tolerable from my perspective.
Lets hope we get a last hour buying spree and get closer to breaking even.

Originally Posted by JTH

I believe the Thanksgiving bounce will be more like a "thud"

The only good news we have is gas prices, which will translate into more Holiday travel.

The bad news? Folks are losing their jobs, and even more folks are worried about losing their jobs. This group of people are not going to be spending much money so long as their worried.

Lower gas prices are going towards gifts here. Stay-cation again !