http://www.Investors411.com/wanting-obama-to-fail/ by Barr Jozwicki Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.Investors411.com/wanting-obama-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Barr Jozwicki Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:03:41 +0000 http://www.Investors411.com/?p=3019#comment-569 Answer to Doggie's Mom question - Yes Investors411 did sell almost 50% of the portfolio over the last month or two, but not the remaining @20%. Thanks for the pat on the back for selling at/near highs<br><br>I'd have loved to sell the other 20% a few weeks ago but didn't. Why is because over the years I've learned to move gradually. Right now stocks are oversold. Jumping all in and all out at exact moments is too risky for me. Right now everyone is selling and that's the time to buy. <br><br>Right now is a time to BUY for those that are 20% or less invested. I personally bought, THY (an ETF that does 3x what the techs do) on Friday.<br><br>Technical Reasoning - Over the last few months one mantra of Investors411 has been the McClellan Oscillator. On Friday it was well past oversold (-60) because stocks were down another 1 to 2 %. This means during the day this oscillator probably came close to -90 or way oversold so I bought.<br><br>Perhaps I should have bought more than 5% of portfolio position. This is probably going to be a very short term trade (getting out at +5% profit) and I almost sold 1/2 at the end of Friday's session. which would have make me a day trader.<br><br>Both the jobs number and the short, sudden, rally yesterday seemed very irrational. It's easy to understand a bounce higher, but NOT one that covers so much ground in 15 minutes. <br><br>We have also may have entered something that may be larger than a 7 or 8% correction. Buying a dip as the stock markets move lower is far less profitable than buying dips on the way up.<br>More on this in an Update.<br><br>Barr Answer to Doggie's Mom question – Yes Investors411 did sell almost 50% of the portfolio over the last month or two, but not the remaining @20%. Thanks for the pat on the back for selling at/near highsI'd have loved to sell the other 20% a few weeks ago but didn't. Why is because over the years I've learned to move gradually. Right now stocks are oversold. Jumping all in and all out at exact moments is too risky for me. Right now everyone is selling and that's the time to buy. Right now is a time to BUY for those that are 20% or less invested. I personally bought, THY (an ETF that does 3x what the techs do) on Friday.Technical Reasoning – Over the last few months one mantra of Investors411 has been the McClellan Oscillator. On Friday it was well past oversold (-60) because stocks were down another 1 to 2 %. This means during the day this oscillator probably came close to -90 or way oversold so I bought.Perhaps I should have bought more than 5% of portfolio position. This is probably going to be a very short term trade (getting out at +5% profit) and I almost sold 1/2 at the end of Friday's session. which would have make me a day trader.Both the jobs number and the short, sudden, rally yesterday seemed very irrational. It's easy to understand a bounce higher, but NOT one that covers so much ground in 15 minutes. We have also may have entered something that may be larger than a 7 or 8% correction. Buying a dip as the stock markets move lower is far less profitable than buying dips on the way up.More on this in an Update.Barr

]]> http://www.Investors411.com/wanting-obama-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-551 popeye Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:08:40 +0000 http://www.Investors411.com/?p=3019#comment-551 What if CHINA sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to CUBA, just like we sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to TIAWAN.<br><br>Wake up people Obama is Bush on steroids. He does NOT want CHINA's help in sanctioning IRAN. He wants to feed the weapons' building monster and the deficit.<br><br>Popeye What if CHINA sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to CUBA, just like we sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to TIAWAN.Wake up people Obama is Bush on steroids. He does NOT want CHINA's help in sanctioning IRAN. He wants to feed the weapons' building monster and the deficit.Popeye

]]> http://www.Investors411.com/wanting-obama-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-550 popeye Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:08:40 +0000 http://www.Investors411.com/?p=3019#comment-550 What if CHINA sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to CUBA, just like we sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to TIAWAN.<br><br>Wake up people Obama is Bush on steroids. He does NOT want CHINA's help in sanctioning IRAN. He wants to feed the weapons' building monster and the deficit.<br><br>Popeye What if CHINA sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to CUBA, just like we sold $6.6 billion dollars worth of weapons to TIAWAN.Wake up people Obama is Bush on steroids. He does NOT want CHINA's help in sanctioning IRAN. He wants to feed the weapons' building monster and the deficit.Popeye

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