The sky is falling!!

[Louetta]

... snip ...

Louetta, I also am short bonds via a bear ETF (TBT).

I have in the money Leaps with TBT and TMV.

[mrmarket]

Corollary To Rule #1: The NASDAQ hit its all-time high when I was in high school. I will be thirty in June.
Corollary To Rule #2: In the last century people said what's good for GM is good for America. In this century they filed for bankruptcy protection.
Corollary To Rule #3: Buy a house first.
Corollary To Rule #4: I own a high tech stock, am short bonds, own shipping stocks and a marijuana related stock. On some days recently all these positions have lost money.
Corollary To Rule #5: What you want has nothing to do with it.

You can always tell a Harvard person..you just can't tell them much.

[Louetta]

You can always tell a Harvard person..you just can't tell them much.

Don't knock Harvard. The athletic department provided me with a lifetime supply of black bras. (The rowers still wear Radcliffe's black shirts.)

[billyjoe]

Don't knock Harvard. The athletic department provided me with a lifetime supply of black bras. (The rowers still wear Radcliffe's black shirts.)

Would that be because of their large endowment ?

-------------billy

[Louetta]

Would that be because of their large endowment ?

-------------billy

That was a pretty good line. Actually, there was once a crisis on the rowing team. Many of the girls did not wear bras to practice. The effects of the spray generated during practice created what the coach deemed an unseemly display so bras were mandated. That was nice for the rest of us since the school then decided to supply them.

[riverbabe]

Just can't get this one out of my brain, last few days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn481KcjvMo

[sixfeetfour]

How far does DOW drop? What is your projection? 16.2k would be a 10% correction, that's what I think.

[tiedyed1]

How far does DOW drop? What is your projection? 16.2k would be a 10% correction, that's what I think.

No idea how far, but I take these times to evaluate the Mr. Market picks as their fundamentally based and those are the ones that will usually emerge winners once the smoke clears.

[sixfeetfour]

Not for sure why I brought this thread back up to the top. Maybe 800-1000 point swings are the new norm?
I'm not a big Cramer fan, but found this interesting:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102314777

[riverbabe]

Here's a chart to give one pause!

http://www.stocktiming.com/Wednesday-DailyMarketUpdate.htm

[billyjoe]

You know how you're sometimes tempted to sell everything and go to cash? I've had some big dividend paying stocks in my retirement accounts , many for several years. I reinvest the dividends and hate to think of selling. Backtesting revealed an interesting result. In most cases the dividend payers don't take much of a hit in down markets. In fact returns are much greater when held thru bad markets. It makes sense in a way since more shares pile up when prices drop except if dividend is cut. A cut in dividend would make me sell. I checked 7 big dividend payers I hold to determine if the dividend is offsetting price drops. For the majority of these stocks, the price is up YTD. Here's a list with symbol followed by performance YTD, then % dividend.

CIVB----+7.11%YTD------div. 1.83%
HQL-----+10.94%YTD----div. 7.37%
KKR-----+1.14%YTD------div. 8.51%
CODI----+2.82%YTD-----div. 8.99%
IDE----- -2.68%YTD-----div. 10.01%
OZM----+13.60%YTD----div. 14.71%
ORC-----+14.83%YTD---div. 15.19%

-----------------billy

[riverbabe]

Tempted to go to cash here! DJ Transports just broke support. http://www.stocktiming.com/Tuesday-D...rketUpdate.htm http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24tran Ouch! http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24indu

Worried about all those sell programs getting triggered.

[riverbabe]

Actually, it may be time for capital preservation. Looking hard at this. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/are...=MW_TD_popular and http://stockcharts.com/articles/deci...g-bearish.html

[riverbabe]

Lightened up considerably yesterday at good prices. Can breathe easier for a while as the market decides which way it's gonna go.

[mimo_100]

I received this in my inbox today - did anyone else get this?

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Here is a link to the transcript

http://pro.dentresearch.com/DOW_IES_EXT/WBNBR331?h=true

Of course they are trying to sell something. If you click "subscribe", here is part of what it says:


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