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Old 02-01-2008, 08:32 PM   #41
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Old 02-01-2008, 08:43 PM   #42
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Old 02-01-2008, 08:45 PM   #43
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Old 02-01-2008, 08:55 PM   #44
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Old 02-01-2008, 09:45 PM   #45
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Old 02-01-2008, 10:16 PM   #46
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I'm down 4% for January. 82% equity / 18% bonds

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Old 02-01-2008, 11:36 PM   #47
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Same here, no clue. Right now my entire first floor of furniture is stuffed in the garage while I refinish floors in preparation for selling, so more immediate things to worry about. Let the markets gyrate away
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Old 02-02-2008, 12:55 AM   #48
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Haven't looked at the 401k in ages, so this is just the taxable: AA was about 82% equities/18% MM at the beginning and about 93%/7% at the end of the month (actually closing 1st Feb, didn't check). I thought the drop was a good chance to buy, glad I did...I ended up down 2%, would have been down 3.9% otherwise. I'm not really much into trying to time the market, so I don't do this often, but the equities I bought on the 14th/15th/16th or so are up 17.3% in just a couple weeks.

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Old 02-02-2008, 03:25 AM   #49
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Old 02-02-2008, 05:38 AM   #50
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I'm off about 12% from my high point last August. 100% equities, a little heavy in financials.....
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Old 02-02-2008, 06:27 AM   #51
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I'm glad I rebalanced when the DOW was lower. If we get back close to 14,000, I will be way ahead of my high last fall. Of course I will need to rebalance again. But who knows, we may test the lows again before that happens.
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Old 02-02-2008, 06:52 AM   #52
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Old 02-02-2008, 06:52 AM   #53
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-2.4% at Jan lows, -1.2% now. 30/30/40 stocks/bonds/cash equivalent. ZZZZZZ
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Old 02-02-2008, 07:53 AM   #54
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Old 02-02-2008, 08:05 AM   #55
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Just looking at Vanguard which is about 2/3rd of my portfolio...

Down 9.3% since October....

Down 5.1% in January...

Up 1.7% the first day of February...
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Old 02-02-2008, 08:20 AM   #56
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Old 02-02-2008, 08:33 AM   #57
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For Jan 2008, -3.37%. As of Feb 1, -2.37%.

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Old 02-02-2008, 10:14 AM   #58
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Not sure about jan but ytd -.47% 60/40
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Old 02-02-2008, 10:30 AM   #59
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My main account that has asset allocation in index funds 90% stocks, 10% bonds is down 2-3% after looking for the first time since end of Dec....So, I dont see what all of the "sky is falling" threads were all about... Looks like mid and small caps have been doing nicely...which I have been adding to during the downturn...
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Down almost 4%, with gold, RE, BEARX, and new purchases near the bottom helping out. Roughly 20% cash, the rest is equities.

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