Anybody buying?

[Danmar]

Wish I could, but I don't have the cash to do so. Dividends and capital gain distributions are paid out to my checking account and they cover my living expenses.

So far I haven't had to touch my principal since I ER'd almost 16 months ago and hope to continue that trend for several more years.

But yeah, if I had a large sum of cash laying around I'd be buying right now.

I'm in exactly the same boat. Neither a buyer, or heaven forbid, a seller.

 

[petershk]

I'm slowly moving to vasgx to simplify my investments and reduce anxiety. It's at a low right now. Nothing drastic but as I get closer to FIRE I've discovered my tolerance for variation is lower than I thought .

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[BBQ-Nut]

I'm sitting tight, but have changed my diet allocation from steak to top ramen.

 

[NYEXPAT]

Bought 100K SPY at the close on Monday. Looking for a ST bounce only.

 

[big-papa]

Just my monthly purchase. Generally I look a my AA to see if anything's off and buy accordingly, though realistically my monthy deposits don't move the needle much at this point. Despite all of the turmoil, everything is still well within my rebal bands. Had to put it somewhere, so dropped it into the short term bond fund.


401K for the year was maxed out back in Feb - learned some time ago to just maximize withholdings into it at 90% at the beginning of the year to layoff-proof my 401K deposits since I'm still w*rking and most companies do their layoffs later in the year.....

 

[Sea Kayaker]

I'm always buying. Heck, the buying I did in 2009, when the "world was ending", was a HUGE factor in allowing me to ER as early as I did. That was investing lesson that I will take to my grave. As far as I'm concerned, there is never a bad time to buy stocks - especially since I prefer to buy equities that also provide a bit of income.

 

[Car-Guy]

Getting close again for me. Once the dow drops below 16000, I'll be buying again. I was getting tempted yesterday.

 

[Car-Guy]

From Wikipedia.org ===== On October 29, 2012, the stock exchange was shut down for 2 days due to Hurricane Sandy.[26] The last time the stock exchange was closed due to weather for a full two days was on March 12 and 13 in 1888
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I'm wondering if the Hurricane that seems to be taking aim on the northeast coast might have some negative affect on the overall US markets early next week?

 

[kgtest]

Only if we can't blame the fed, china or Greece

 

[purplesky]

I just recently bought 300 shares of UPS 300 shares of Disney 300 shares of Verizon and 300 shares of AT&T

These are all actually swing trades but since Verizon and AT&T are not moving I guess I'll just wait for the Dividends in the next few weeks.

Hopefully Disney will get another bounce and so will UPS and I'll Complete the trades.

I am doing these trades inside my 401(k) brokerage account so taxes are not a problem and I have access to a pretty decent amount of funds.

It's kind of risky but I only buy high-volume large cap dividend payers that I would hold long term if the swing trades don't go through.

 

[LOL!]

Bought 100K SPY at the close on Monday. Looking for a ST bounce only.

So did you sell today? There was a ST bounce.


I am doing the usual selling and buying as noted in LOL!'s Market Timing Newsletter thread.

Dry powder? I try not to have much cash around and just use a bond fund or two. I've even made money in my BND trades (see the thread). Today BND closed at 81.93 but it was around 81.08 or 1% lower just two weeks ago before the FOMC meeting. My goal is not to make a killing, but to consistently hit singles.

 

[haha]

The thread is titled Anyone Buying? The answer is obviously yes, if some people were not buying, volume would dry up and no trading would take place.

Ha

 

[redduck]

...My goal is not to make a killing, but to consistently hit singles.

It's a step in the right direction that you don't intend to kill anyone, but, I don't understand your need to be constantly hitting singles. Sounds dangerous because one of these days a single is going to hit back.

 

[kcowan]

I have some money from matured FI rungs that I am keeping dry looking for bargains. No hurry I think. Looking for more dividend content.

 

[NYEXPAT]

So did you sell today? There was a ST bounce.


I am doing the usual selling and buying as noted in LOL!'s Market Timing Newsletter thread.

Dry powder? I try not to have much cash around and just use a bond fund or two. I've even made money in my BND trades (see the thread). Today BND closed at 81.93 but it was around 81.08 or 1% lower just two weeks ago before the FOMC meeting. My goal is not to make a killing, but to consistently hit singles.

No, I still own it. I need it to get a wee bit closer to 2000.

 

[RobLJ]

Bought GM and a mid-size refiner in the August drop. I'm looking at buying another biotech like Biogen with the dividends that came in over the last 3 weeks.

In the mutual accounts, I'm looking to see if we test or break below the August lows and will slowly rebalance emerging markets mutuals/bonds; Europe; and midcap. I barely breached my stock holding % so need to add about 3% on the stock funds, which I'll do over the next 3 months, unless there is another big swing down.

 

[FIREd]

I have been doing some tax loss harvesting to bring my income down to "gimme the goodies" level this year (no net selling though, as I reinvested the proceeds immediately). And on Monday I put 5% of my cash reserve to work in the market. Kind of a timid move, but I expect more buying opportunities down the road as stocks are still far from cheap.

 

[hesperus]

I just put $180K in two days ago, split evenly between DVY and VYM.

 

[ESRwannabe]

Haven't heard peep on the subject, so I was wondering the current mood and whether it signaled a buying opportunity for some, or if others feel we have further to go. Evaluations even with the recent drop are high according to number crunchers, which includes both stocks and bonds.

Of course the global markets are fueling the fire, but according to Carl Icahn's latest mini documentary, there is more to it than that. But then we must question the motives in putting it out.

I'm always buying when I have money. Which is probably why I'm always broke...

 

[RenoJay]

In 2013 I pretty consistently sold, mostly Total Stock, to the tune of around $1 million in sales. In the past month I've been a buyer, mostly of Total International, to the tune of around $140k in purchases.


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[wingfooted]

I've been writing naked puts on stocks I wouldn't mind owning. Mostly they just expire and I keep the premiums. Recently did pick up GILD and AAPL as the stocks dipped lower than my strike.


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[modhatter]

In 2013 I pretty consistently sold, mostly Total Stock, to the tune of around $1 million in sales. In the past month I've been a buyer, mostly of Total International, to the tune of around $140k in purchases.


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You obviously feel Total Stock has run it's course and Total International is up next. Yes?

 

[jfn111]

During the latter half of 2014 I started reducing equities and moving the money into an Interest income fund. Starting last week I changed course and will dollar cost average back into equities.

 

[VFK57]

I had a CD matured last week and purchased RDS. Consider CVX if it is going to drop or remain same by the time my next CD matures next year.

 

[RenoJay]

You obviously feel Total Stock has run it's course and Total International is up next. Yes?

Modhatter, though I won't make any comments about WHEN things might turn, I do feel the US has had a great run and will likely underperform international over the next 10 or so years. I've also bought about $50k in the Vanguard energy ETF in recent months that I forgot to mention. Pretty much same theory of buying when all the talking heads scream sell. What about you? Theories??


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