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05-17-2006, 01:46 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Any One Buying?
I added some PFE and TYC, just a nibble.
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05-17-2006, 01:52 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Re: Any One Buying?
Added to my BPOP stake. I'd love to buy some other stuff, but I am restricted at the moment.
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05-17-2006, 02:07 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,490
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Re: Any One Buying?
I nibbled a bit ... had been taking some off the top since January.
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05-17-2006, 02:19 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Posts: 38,145
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Re: Any One Buying?
Not yet, but I'm finally starting to get interested.
Audrey
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05-17-2006, 02:22 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 90
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Re: Any One Buying?
Yep, bought 6 equities before the close today.
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05-18-2006, 08:01 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Rio Grande Valley
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Re: Any One Buying?
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Originally Posted by audreyh1
Not yet, but I'm finally starting to get interested.
Audrey
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Nibbled a little today. Saving more for later this year.
Audrey
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05-18-2006, 08:02 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 8,827
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Re: Any One Buying?
Long live DCA.
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San Francisco Area
ESR'd March 2010. FIRE'd January 2011.
As if you didn't know..If the above message contains medical content, it's NOT intended as advice, and may not be accurate, applicable or sufficient. Don't rely on it for any purpose. Consult your own doctor for all medical advice.
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05-18-2006, 08:04 PM
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Dryer sheet aficionado
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 44
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Re: Any One Buying?
DCA buy for my 401K on 5/19. It does rule!
Elroy
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05-18-2006, 09:03 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
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Re: Any One Buying?
Buying $1100mo S&P500, Russ2000, S-T BF, plus tad of ESPP, plus have $95k in cash for some bargain shopping.
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05-19-2006, 06:01 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Crownsville
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Re: Any One Buying?
I'm just letting my automatic monthly investments do their thing. Unfortunately, that means my 401k invested on May 11, when things were still pretty high. Had another $400 invest on Monday, and another $900 is going in on the 22nd.
I've thought about deferring my automatic investments and just doing them manually, on days when the market is down. But if past experience has taught me anything, that usually gets me nowhere, and my best strategy is usually to just do nothing at all, and let the investments go in at their regular intervals.
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05-19-2006, 06:19 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: San Francisco
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Re: Any One Buying?
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Originally Posted by Andre1969
I'm just letting my automatic monthly investments do their thing. Unfortunately, that means my 401k invested on May 11, when things were still pretty high. Had another $400 invest on Monday, and another $900 is going in on the 22nd.
I've thought about deferring my automatic investments and just doing them manually, on days when the market is down. But if past experience has taught me anything, that usually gets me nowhere, and my best strategy is usually to just do nothing at all, and let the investments go in at their regular intervals.
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Andre,
"DCA" = dollor cost averaging (essentially what you are wisely doing by leaving the automatic deposits alone).
Set it and forget it.
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San Francisco Area
ESR'd March 2010. FIRE'd January 2011.
As if you didn't know..If the above message contains medical content, it's NOT intended as advice, and may not be accurate, applicable or sufficient. Don't rely on it for any purpose. Consult your own doctor for all medical advice.
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05-19-2006, 08:37 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nomadic in the Rockies
Posts: 2,720
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Re: Any One Buying?
Twice a month through the end of this month, then I won't be buying until I find another job. Looks like my timing, as usual, sucks. But it's a life move, not a market move.
Oh, I've been DCAing into my standard passive mix of funds.
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05-19-2006, 08:45 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 80
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Re: Any One Buying?
DCA'ing - and drooling a bit. Wish I had more cash! Not quite a fire sale, but things are heating up (or, cooling down, depending on how you want to look at it!).
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05-19-2006, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: Any One Buying?
DCA'ing a little here, and a little there. No big investments, but gradually putting some of the dry powder into the markets (been sitting on plenty the last few years). It's annoying to see my YTD percentages cut in half after this past week, but a "buying opportunity" just means that such percentage will go even higher once the current correction has run its course.
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05-19-2006, 09:57 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Any One Buying?
It's a little less fun for those of us who are no longer adding to our stash  but I expect it will all come out in the wash. It's probably the fault of currency-manipulating elitist liberals anyway...oh sorry, wrong thread 
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05-19-2006, 11:51 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: Any One Buying?
I nibbled a bit more yesterday (as I did the previous day) ...
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05-19-2006, 11:52 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Losing my whump
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Re: Any One Buying?
Still keeping my powder dry. I think we have another week or two of this.
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05-19-2006, 12:13 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Re: Any One Buying?
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Still keeping my powder dry.* I think we have another week or two of this.
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Not selling my puts yet, either.
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05-19-2006, 12:20 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 4,459
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Re: Any One Buying?
I'm about to jump out the window (luckily, we only have one story). I followed CFB's advice, and put everything into INTC.
Just kidding, but it's starting to look pretty sexy to me.
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05-19-2006, 12:26 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: Lawn chair in Texas
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Re: Any One Buying?
I'm planning to add more VWO and VBR, and since moving out of my 401k's Intl Blend with the 0.7% ER, I'll be adding to the Intl with EFA and PID. Own a bit of EFV, but for an ETF with an alleged value tilt, it has the lowest dividend of the three...
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