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What Stock Market Investments Are You Making in 2016?
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2016 Jun 6, 12:35pm 45,260 views 216 comments
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2016 Dec 22, 12:19pm
Bollinger band
John and I talked about this once, what to do with a stock like this, but that was more for a trade.. this is for a investment long term, it's more selling point and looking to get back in because I buy a tiny amount every month...
However, the under performance of the stock allowed accumulation period to work out...
It's just more difficult when you want to stick with a company for many many years
WTW trade easy, buy a dips, sell the rips due to massive shorts in the stock keep a tight stop loss ...but it's harder with a longer term investment...
If it is a long term investment and there is a good trend, why play with timing? Perhaps monitor the fundamentals. Selling puts or calls may be good too if there's high volatility.
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2016 Dec 22, 2:03pm
why play with timing?
This is true... sometimes when a stocks moves up so fast in a short time you over think it too much .. sold enough shares in 2016 to capture that move..
I was just listening to a podcast from Meb Faber yesterday. The interviewee (Mark Yusko) said something to the effect that trend following is simple but most people screw up because they don't see the trends all the way out, i.e either sell too early or buy too early (catching falling knives).
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2016 Dec 22, 3:43pm
Mark Yusko)
Mark is a friend, but I haven't read his work or listen to him too much, I should read his stuff
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Hi guys,
I'm looking over my portfolio this week (both 401K retirement and personal brokerage account) and looking ahead at what to invest in during 2016.
I see that the market correction that we had in late Jan - early Feb '16 is behind us and once again the Dow, Nasdaq, and the S&P500 are near historical high levels. As a result, I'm going to pull some of the money I have here and continue to watch the fed.
I see precious metals (gold, silver, platinum) have been surging since Feb but still significantly below their 1yr and 2yr highs. Depending on where you believe oil is going, some are arguing it's a bargain right now too but oil isn't likely to do much in the short term. Long term treasury bonds had a strong year. Healthcare & Financial sectors haven't performed too well in the past year but Utilities & Telecom sectors have brought modest returns.
I'm interested in getting into a discussion regarding patrick.net's hot picks are for 2016 and where are people are putting their money in terms of market investment today.
Now that Bay Area home prices have surpassed a level that's attractive to most investors, some of us are looking at other investment options.
#investing