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6800+ ( we are at it now, up from here!) 18 11.11%
6500 20 12.35%
6250 10 6.17%
6000 29 17.90%
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Old 03-02-2009, 01:44 PM   #41
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The bottom will definitely be 6284. If someone has already picked this number then it will be 2468.
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Old 03-02-2009, 01:46 PM   #42
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Well the good news to me is a 10% loss on what I have is much less money than 10% of what I had

Interestingly enough at this time we about evenly split whether the bottom is going to be above or below 6000.
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My guess: 6763.29

What's with the errors in the Yahoo charts?
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Well the good news to me is a 10% loss on what I have is much less money than 10% of what I had
I swore off rebalancing in November, so I'm only 50/50 now. So now I'm only losing money half as fast...
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Old 03-02-2009, 02:14 PM   #45
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What Bill Gross said. Although a little early. Dow 5500.
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Old 03-02-2009, 02:17 PM   #46
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I have been out-pessimisted!

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5274 by 9/2/2009. Final bottom for the DOW in 2010 at 2755.
2755!!!


Geeze!
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Old 03-02-2009, 02:20 PM   #47
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Isn't Bob Brinker saying 500 for the S&P and 5,000 for the Dow is a real possibility? (sigh) Do I have the backbone to hang in there is the question now?
Brinker has been doing "gift horse, all in buy calls" since S&P 500, 1550. He just did another one about 2 months ago and called S&P 500, 850 "the bottom of this bear market". (these are just the recent "all in" calls).

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OK,......... bottom. Would you like to hear it a again?
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Old 03-02-2009, 02:26 PM   #49
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After today i'm capitulated. Can no longer take it.
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My guess: 6763.14

What's with the errors in the Yahoo charts?

It's the patient that's flatlined. No, wait, it's the market? Hrmm... needs a shot of adrenaline? No, wait, stimulus. Er, nevermind. Bah, I give up.

It's hard to make a guess without accurate data. My crystal ball has been affected by mark to market. Nobody wants to buy the damn thing.

6250-6500.

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2755!!!


Geeze!
Just a guess mind you but I figured something close to 80% from the high of 14164 would be right if this is Great Depression version 2. Let's hope I am wrong.
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Just imagine though what a buying opportunity it will be if we hit 6k, 5k...or whatever. Those with a 20 yr horizon like myself might make out like bandits.
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5678 - interesting times....strangely I am quite calm - I was much more upset when the Dow went below 12,000(greed was still there - not just staying ERed). Maybe I am getting used to this carnage? I have cash for about 4-5 years before having to dip into stocks/funds - if we are still below 7,000 at that point I am gonna really feel it.
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5678 - interesting times....strangely I am quite calm - I was much more upset when the Dow went below 12,000(greed was still there - not just staying ERed). Maybe I am getting used to this carnage?
Between the fact that my AA into stocks has declined (and thus each 3% drop is "only" a 1.5% hit now) and that I'm basically numb from all the losses, it's easier to stay put. These will be interesting times for me to tell the young'uns about in a few decades, that's for sure.
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Old 03-02-2009, 03:35 PM   #56
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Things are never as they seem. They are either much worse or not nearly so bad. Right now, I’d say they were both.

But the world’s not gonna come to an end and capitalism is not dead. It’s just having a bit of a convulsion.

I’m thinking of opening a margin account.
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5500 that is the bad news. The good news is I am not backing away from my prediction of 12,000 close by the end of the year.
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Where did that come from? Who knows. All I know is the Dow is just 10 stocks, it's not the entire market, and I also know the stock market in general is being fueled by emotion rather than enthusiasm for well run businesses.

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All I know is the Dow is just 10 stocks,
It's actually 30, but your point is still valid.
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