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05-08-2009, 02:06 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Is this rally for real?
Yes
No way
Don't know
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05-08-2009, 02:27 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Well it would be if you got out completely today. 
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05-08-2009, 02:29 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hooverville
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It's real in the sense that the money you get by playing it successfully spends as well as any other money.
Ha
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05-08-2009, 02:42 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
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Yes. Buy, buy, buy!?! Especially the funds that I already have... 
To be serious, my guess is that we will have some ups and downs although for now, we seem to be out of freefall mode. But you know what? I seriously doubt that anyone here really knows the answer to your question.
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05-08-2009, 03:19 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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I do not have a clue. My guess, if the DOW makes it back to 9.000 or so, you will see a lot of profit taking which could trigger another good pull back. I know I will be tempted to lighten up. But if I do sell some, I will let you know. As it will be a good time for you to buy more. 
That felt good. Been awhile since I butted my head. 
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05-08-2009, 04:22 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Yes, in the long run.
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05-08-2009, 05:28 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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It's real today. Tomorrow, who knows?
So I took some of my gains in growth funds and reinvested them in dividend funds, which are still showing capital losses.
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05-08-2009, 05:47 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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50% invested. Market goes up or down, I can always say I am half-right.
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05-08-2009, 06:08 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: May 2007
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I don't know. Some days it feels overdone and some days it just feels like a natural snap back for a market which was pricing in the end of the world a few months ago.
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05-08-2009, 07:41 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: North of Montana
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 Quote:
Originally Posted by CuppaJoe
Yes, in the long run.
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In the long run, we're all dead! 
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05-08-2009, 08:16 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: yonder
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Speak for yourself, kumquat. 
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05-09-2009, 10:12 PM
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Embedding is disabled, so just double-click on the video.
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05-10-2009, 07:58 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Mar 2009
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The market this year (or rather the rest of it) will fluctuate a lot and is expected to be really temperamental (in need of a prozac pill). So when you think it is rallying, just enjoy it and re-position yourself for the dip and during the dip - reposition for the rally - always said this is an eventful year.
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05-10-2009, 11:15 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Don't know. But since most investing decisions are a matter of judging the odds, I think they are that the worst is behind us, today's prices are still bargains, in the long run we'll see growth (tempered by higher inflation and taxes), and in the short run there are bound to be some corrections along the way. I'll be watching my asset allocation as we ride, and trying to apply some new lessons learned from the past 18 months.
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05-10-2009, 07:24 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Jan 2009
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The rally is over. The downturn will start this week.
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05-11-2009, 08:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSweetLife
The rally is over. The downturn will start this week.
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Wow. Your crystal ball is a lot clearer than mine...
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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The V or the W Recovery...how long does straight up last?
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05-11-2009, 09:42 PM
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Confused about dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2009
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The V or the W Recovery...how long does straight up last?
From www.minyanville.com
Strap in and hang on...pure physics...what goes up must come down...yeehaaa!
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05-12-2009, 06:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaamoke
Strap in and hang on...pure physics...what goes up must come down...yeehaaa!
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If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall over.
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05-12-2009, 08:05 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Or rip your face off in rage.
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05-13-2009, 10:12 AM
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To answer the question: not any more.
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"Hey, for every ten dollars, that's another hour that I have to be in the work place. That's an hour of my life. And my life is a very finite thing. I have only 'x' number of hours left before I'm dead. So how do I want to use these hours of my life? Do I want to use them just spending it on more crap and more stuff, or do I want to start getting a handle on it and using my life more intelligently?" -- Joe Dominguez (1938 - 1997)
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