Thread: coolhand's Account Talk

Utah: Federal government conflicts intensifying

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Netanyahu Says Radical Islamic Groups May Try to Exploit Egyptian `Chaos'

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-update1-.html

Fitch’s Fox Tells Sky Egypt Turmoil Could Deteriorate Further

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...e-further.html

China's Housing Market Nears U.S., Japan Bubble Levels: Chart of the Day

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...f-the-day.html

East Europe Slows Rate Increases as Russia Shows Growth Concern

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...-recovery.html

One in Five Mortgages Default Again After Modification

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...s-program.html

Opposition Ramps Up Pressure on Mubarak

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...LEFTTopStories

Judge Rejects Health Law

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...hatsNewsSecond

Arab Anger Triggers Asian Angst

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41360895

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2015

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-f...of-2015-2011-1

New Suspect Emerges in Insider Trading Inquiry

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/...tner=bloomberg

Florida health ruling gives Republicans firepower

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48555.html

Mid-East contagion fears for Saudi oil fields

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/c...il-fields.html

I would not be surprised to see a Seven Sentinels buy signal after today. After all what's it been...eight trading days since that last sell? An eternity in this market.

Originally Posted by coolhand

I would not be surprised to see a Seven Sentinels buy signal after today. After all what's it been...eight trading days since that last sell? An eternity in this market.

BUY SIGNAL , I'LL TAKE IT !

Cool, back before the Ticker went bad, I recall having enough time to see
everyones "VIEW" numbers and try to compete with Steady as we were
both close numerically with 6 digets.

I seem to remember back then, a very intelligent rookie with a Matrix avitar just coming
onto the scene here at TSPTalk.com. Wow, in such a short time you've reached over 266k
in views ! This is a testament to the confidence that our membership has in your ability to
to keep it real. I want to congratulate you for accomplishing such a very difficult task !

Now if he could just fine tune his prescience even a little.

Originally Posted by Birchtree

Now if he could just fine tune his prescience even a little.

Your just nervous BT. You sense Cool sneaking up behind your thrown and overtaking
your rein as King of all views (LoL) By the way, what does "prescience" mean ?
Damn, I'm so confused ! :toung:

Predicting the future - the best investment returns are made by anticipating major economic change before it happens.

For what it's worth, I have a several ROTH IRAs, all of which are buy and hold. They receive regular contributions and are fully invested in stocks and bonds. Those accounts are always exposed to the market. I also have an account at Scottrade that I use to buy beaten down issues (I own Citi for instance), and try to trade infrequently with that. I also have (or will have) 3 pensions when I reach retirement age. So TSP is only a fraction of my total portfolio, but it's one that I keep risk the lowest in. I've done an analysis on my anticipated needs and found that I don't need a million dollars in that account to feel financially secure. Fact is, it would still be a significant chunk of change if I kept it in the "lowly" G fund till I retire (a high percentage of contributions helps). That's about 14 years from now unless I hit the lottery.

But my point is that each of us has to look at our total portfolio and decide what are needs or desires are going to be and how much risk we're willing to accept to try an achieve a given goal. When I make a trading decision in my TSP account I'm only affecting a relatively small percentage of my total portfolio. I'm not doing so hot now, but when the market tanked a few years ago, I didn't lose nearly as much as the market did. As a result I'd say I'm more or less breaking even in the past 3-4 years.

Originally Posted by Birchtree

Predicting the future - the best investment returns are made by anticipating major economic change before it happens.

Mubarak Fails to Calm Protests With Pledge to Step Down

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...september.html

Jordan's Prime Minister Rifai Resigns; King Asks Bakhit to Form Government

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...overnment.html

Fed May Discuss Easing If Data Weak, Hoenig Tells Market News

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...rket-news.html

How Cairo, U.S. Were Blindsided by Revolution

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Egypt's Islamist Riddle

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...LEFTTopStories

The Nuts and Bolts of the ObamaCare Ruling

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ctions_opinion

After Two Misses, Bankable ‘January Barometer’ May be Back

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41374136

Embarrassment of riches

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-...oom-2011-02-01

15 Stocks That People Are Shorting Like Crazy

http://www.businessinsider.com/15-st...-crazy-2011-1#

China Is Poised to Raise Rates Again, Bankers Say

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/bu...2&ref=business

Pressure builds for debt reduction

http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/01/news...debt/index.htm

IMF raises spectre of civil wars as global inequalities worsen

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/g...es-worsen.html

Al Qaeda actively seeking 'dirty' bombs - WikiLeaks documents

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/bre...-1225998709327

Originally Posted by coolhand

For what it's worth, I have a several ROTH IRAs, all of which are buy and hold. They receive regular contributions and are fully invested in stocks and bonds. Those accounts are always exposed to the market. I also have an account at Scottrade that I use to buy beaten down issues (I own Citi for instance), and try to trade infrequently with that. I also have (or will have) 3 pensions when I reach retirement age. So TSP is only a fraction of my total portfolio, but it's one that I keep risk the lowest in. I've done an analysis on my anticipated needs and found that I don't need a million dollars in that account to feel financially secure. Fact is, it would still be a significant chunk of change if I kept it in the "lowly" G fund till I retire (a high percentage of contributions helps). That's about 14 years from now unless I hit the lottery.

But my point is that each of us has to look at our total portfolio and decide what are needs or desires are going to be and how much risk we're willing to accept to try an achieve a given goal. When I make a trading decision in my TSP account I'm only affecting a relatively small percentage of my total portfolio. I'm not doing so hot now, but when the market tanked a few years ago, I didn't lose nearly as much as the market did. As a result I'd say I'm more or less breaking even in the past 3-4 years.

Same here coolhand, most of my total portfolio is invested in equities. The TSP account will be part of my wife's retirement and I try to keep a conservative to moderate risk with that account.
With 10 to 11 mutual funds and a stock I am invested in more aggressive equities. In the next couple of day will buy an EFT.

Some folks aren't fans of Gross, but these recent comments by the bond king really resonate with me.

Central Bankers Strike 'Devils Bargain'; US 'Heart Transplant': Gross

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41387362

Originally Posted by eccougar

Same here coolhand, most of my total portfolio is invested in equities. The TSP account will be part of my wife's retirement and I try to keep a conservative to moderate risk with that account.
With 10 to 11 mutual funds and a stock I am invested in more aggressive equities. In the next couple of day will buy an EFT.