I agree. Volatility is more captivating than any rival football game, the final lap of nascar, or the last seconds of the kentucky derby.
+1Surfed the Web earlier this morning, while drinking my coffee. Saw that the Dow was down more than 300 points. Darn! Did not buy or sell anything.
Went out to the backyard to continue some work.
Went back in just now to rest. Saw that the Dow had dropped more than 500 points, and has already bounced back. Whoo Hoo! Fun time!
There are posters here who say the market action is boring and puts them to sleep. Then why are they still reading and posting on these threads?
I myself find this crazy market much more interesting to watch than any sports game, which I find extremely boring.
Same here.Surfed the Web earlier this morning, while drinking my coffee. Saw that the Dow was down more than 300 points. Darn! Did not buy or sell anything.
[…]There are posters here who say the market action is boring and puts them to sleep. Then why are they still reading and posting on these threads?
I myself find this crazy market much more interesting to watch than any sports game, which I find extremely boring.
It's hard to believe at one point I was up almost 17% and now I'm about break even. I can handle the ride. I do think this is the only time we've corrected twice in a year in an election year where house/senate were predominately controlled. I could be wrong on that stat.
Buying. And if it drops more, I'll buy more.
Just ran some numbers. I made about $12,200 profit between Wednesday's buys and Thursday's sell orders. (Not that great but it's better than a sharp stick in the eye.) I bought back in today about 30 mins before the closing bell but not as much as I had bought Wednesday. Now it's wait the weekend to see what Monday holds. If it drops again, I'll "probably" buy some more. Not much different than on line gambling, albeit, slower.Bought into the dow Wednesday, sold several (most) yesterday, am about to buy back "some" again today.
... I think it's riveting! It's like watching a slow motion train wreck. I have no intention of doing anything, but it's still amazing and fascinating to watch. One could even think of it as being like a long, drawn out soap opera. You know the car is going to go off the cliff, but it's filmed in very slow motion and you just can't take your eyes away from it.....
Nooooo! Not a train wreck!
It should be like a cliff-hanger stunt, like in those James Bond movies where our hero always manages to save himself at the last minute, even if he goes off a cliff with no parachute.
Train wreck. Bite your tongue.
The market is officially in a correction today. Long live the market.
A down market is a good time for Roth IRA conversions.
I have seen you on the Investment performance thread and we always had similar results. After seeing this post, I had to look it up and as of yesterday I was up 14.33% YTD. That compares to +17% the end of September and reinforces (for me) why I spend my time trading instead of playing with my Yoyo.
... I think Daniel Craig is the best Bond, too. I read all of the James Bond books when I was young, and always imagined Bond as being a lot like Craig.