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12-12-2007, 07:13 AM
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I'm only down 1% over all.
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12-12-2007, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Safe Harbour
How do you all know this already? For many/most mutual funds you won't know until tomorrow...
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I have a listing of my mutual funds in Yahoo. It updates in the early evening so if I'm inclined to know how my funds performed for the day, I just plug the amounts in my spreadsheet and I know my paper gains or losses within seconds.
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12-12-2007, 07:39 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Yahoo! Finance
LOL. Now the market is back up...
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12-12-2007, 07:44 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Originally Posted by CyclingInvestor
Down $144k today - REIT heavy at the moment, always 100% individual stocks. Looks like
I am winning so far, but no sweat. GE raised dividend 11% as expected, no change to
fundamentals. I have had a lot of $30k - $80k daily swings in the last few months, mostly
cancelling each other out. Since I live on the dividends, I see today as a non-event. Now
if GE / JNJ / PG / KIM / GGP / VNO / WRE start cutting dividends (or show signs of
doing so), then I will be concerned.
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You da man, Cycling!! I think you were the winner. I look forward to the day I have six-figure swings on a regular basis.
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12-12-2007, 07:51 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by ikubak
... I look forward to the day I have six-figure swings on a regular basis.
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A glutton for punishment??!
I'm down about 1.1% for the day, but as pointed out by another poster, it's all on paper now and since I'm not drawing down yet, it's just a number. Now, if it keeps going down until 2011 (when I plan to start my withdrawals) I may be singing another song!
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12-12-2007, 08:29 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Well since I manage money for a living, it comes as a job requirement............. 
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12-12-2007, 08:50 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Also down about $140K. Back up a bunch today though.
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12-12-2007, 09:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Colorado, USA
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I don't know. I only look when I make money.
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12-12-2007, 09:09 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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I don't manage money - but I do value portfolios of derivatives. In my world there's no such thing as a 'paper' loss.
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12-12-2007, 09:15 AM
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Yesterday, I was down tens of thousands of dollars which doesn't bother me at all. In a strange twist, I am most happy about the few hundred dollars I made by buying on the dip within 15 minutes of the market close yesterday and selling this morning on the dead-cat bounce.
In other words, a short-term gain of $300 is worth much more to me than a $60,000 loss. I must be insane.
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12-12-2007, 09:21 AM
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#51
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maurice
I don't manage money - but I do value portfolios of derivatives. In my world there's no such thing as a 'paper' loss.
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True enough. Still, I think that for calm people who invest in reasonably valued securities with no outdates, todays market price should be given some weight but usually a lot less than 100% weight. Otherwise, there is no way to invest in securities with market quotations other than momentum trading.
On this board we have seen posts which recognize the tension in this, and so the posters preferred unquoted securities such as private REITs to similar but publically traded issues.
As long as you are not borrowing against a position, there is no rational reason for preferring less liquidity and price transparency to more, other than self management of emotions. Liquidity can't subtract value.
ha
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12-12-2007, 09:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Safe Harbour
How do you all know this already? For many/most mutual funds you won't know until tomorrow. Not that it matters - you just rode rode up 600 pts in S&P in the last 3 days - now you're back to only up 300 pts? If you could tell me where we'll be in a month I'd be interested. Today.....
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I think all online quotes accessible by online or web-aware for mutual funds are ready by 7 pm eastern time. If you have a portfolio of ETFs, then you don't ever have to wait, the quotes are available instantly.
Some tools to use: Vanguard web site, TRowePrice web site (use the free Morningstar portfolio tracker there), Quicken, MSMoney, and the stock_quote plugin for Excel.
Bottom line: There is no need to wait until tomorrow, when you can know now.
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12-12-2007, 09:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LOL!
Yesterday, I was down tens of thousands of dollars which doesn't bother me at all. In a strange twist, I am most happy about the few hundred dollars I made by buying on the dip within 15 minutes of the market close yesterday and selling this morning on the dead-cat bounce.
In other words, a short-term gain of $300 is worth much more to me than a $60,000 loss. I must be insane.
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That is definitely a reversal of what logic and experients have led us to assume.
Ha
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12-12-2007, 09:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by haha
That is definitely a reversal of what logic and experients have led us to assume.
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Definitely a utility maximizer.
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12-12-2007, 11:16 AM
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The reason I "punish" myself by checking out my portfolio on big down days, is because I am trying to learn to get immune to market swings. I guess I see it as part of my apprenticeship as an investor. I am learning to keep cool and not panic when markets come down sharply. In the long run I believe that it will prevent me from making big mistakes, like liquidating my portfolio at the worst possible time. It also allows me to test the volatility inherent to my specific portfolio and to see how my portfolio handles in down markets. All valuable insights.
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12-12-2007, 11:47 AM
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#56
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FIREdreamer
The reason I "punish" myself by checking out my portfolio on big down days, is because I am trying to learn to get immune to market swings. I guess I see it as part of my apprenticeship as an investor. I am learning to keep cool and not panic when markets come down sharply.
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Originally Posted by FIREdreamer
In the long run I believe that it will prevent me from making big mistakes, like liquidating my portfolio at the worst possible time. It also allows me to test the volatility inherent to my specific portfolio and to see how my portfolio handles in down markets. All valuable insights.
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I've been thinking for a while (Danger, Will Robinson!) that looking at one's portfolio too often may result in a more conservative allocation than is necessary. After all, which of the following looks scarier:
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So it seems like looking daily is "scarier" or "more volatile" than looking monthly over time. I'm not sure how folks typically measure volatility; I know in my MBA finance class we calculated a volatility measure -- covariance, maybe -- by comparing a stock's weekly close against the S&P. Anyway, the thought is that if you look less often, it looks less scary, so you could handle a portfolio allocated more heavily to stocks than you would if you looked daily. Since I doubt any of us are rebalancing or changing our FIRE date by that much on a daily basis,there's really no need to look daily and possibly some harm in doing so.
As for the OP's question, I was down about 2.5% yesterday, since that's what the S&P did. In dollar figures I don't know because I chose not to look. I went Christmas shopping instead.
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12-12-2007, 12:12 PM
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#57
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I much prefer the more volatile plot because I see buying opportunities on every dip!
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12-12-2007, 12:23 PM
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#58
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Originally Posted by LOL!
I much prefer the more volatile plot because I see buying opportunities on every dip!
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Then you must LOVE 2007.......... 
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12-12-2007, 12:52 PM
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Yes I do. I have made some lucky market timing unbelievable rebalancing trades this year with a significant fraction of my net worth.
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12-12-2007, 01:14 PM
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Yes I do. I have made some lucky market timing unbelievable rebalancing trades this year with a significant fraction of my net worth.
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This isn't rebalancing, this is market timing. But if you are good at it, no reason not to indulge.
Ha
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