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Is that really a rebalance? Going from 90% equites to 15% isn’t rebalancing as it’s just a drastic alteration to asset allocation and strategy. Did you post about this change weeks ago?
well my shift was documented enough back when i rolled from 50 to 40% .
another couple more like this week and i will be ready to slide some back to growth and income from the income model .
Is that really a rebalance? Going from 90% equites to 15% isn’t rebalancing as it’s just a drastic alteration to asset allocation and strategy. Did you post about this change weeks ago?
That was my post in the Market is going STRAIGHT UP thread on 1-16-18.
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Originally Posted by man4857
I'm rebalancing my portfolio and cashing out some of it. The stock market is way overvalued. I'm rebalancing to the point where I'm shooting for 8% +/- 3% average per year out of all my investments.
Seems like every month we're reaching record territory. This can't last forever. When it does bust, it'll be big, bad, and ugly.
I mean, my strategy isn't really a "strategy". I knew that it was reaching record territory every week or so and that's eyebrow-raising. So I did what a conservative investor would do, and shift to a conservative allocation.
"a couple of weeks ago I went from 90% stocks to 15%"
hahaha
are you people for real?
this isn't even a "correction" yet and the silliness has ensued...I can only imagine what a 10-15% correction would look like on a messageboard...
At the top until now has gone down about 5-6%. That's a pretty steep drop for 1 week's time.
Again, with investing, it's all about expectations. Some people have high expectations, some have low. I just happen to expect something moderate and I see a warning when swings to either extremes.
That was my post in the Market is going STRAIGHT UP thread on 1-16-18.
I mean, my strategy isn't really a "strategy". I knew that it was reaching record territory every week or so and that's eyebrow-raising. So I did what a conservative investor would do, and shift to a conservative allocation.
this drop likely still has you behind where you would have fallen to
At the top until now has gone down about 5-6%. That's a pretty steep drop for 1 week's time.
Again, with investing, it's all about expectations. Some people have high expectations, some have low. I just happen to expect something moderate and I see a warning when swings to either extremes.
S and P is off 3.5% from the high and you consider that "extreme"???
even if it was off 10% you think that is worrisome?
If that worries you then you really shouldn't invest in stocks....or at least should have a very low % in stocks....
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My worry is that if VIX keeps uptrending and the market continues to lose more, it might blow out some margin calls, which will exacerbate this sell off.
I suspect there will be a pullback tomorrow.
Those that would get a margin call, are those who don't know how to manage risk in a small move like this. The VIX has nothing to do with it.
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