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Old 05-01-2018, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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We've been below 25K for about 2 months now - every time there is a rally, a dip then follows.
We're down today and sitting at around 24,000.
I am thinking that the bull market is out of steam at this point.
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Old 05-01-2018, 08:17 AM
 
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We've been below 25K for about 2 months now - every time there is a rally, a dip then follows.
We're down today and sitting at around 24,000.
I am thinking that the bull market is out of steam at this point.
Yeah, certainly feels that way....
time to cash out the accounts and sit on the sideline for a few months at the risk of missing some serious gains?
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Old 05-01-2018, 09:04 AM
 
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We've been below 25K for about 2 months now - every time there is a rally, a dip then follows.
We're down today and sitting at around 24,000.
I am thinking that the bull market is out of steam at this point.
For now... as soon as you think you got it figured out..it changes. Why you CANNOT TIME this.

Yields rotating higher rapidly today so far. Could create a panic sell this afternoon. LOL..or not
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Old 05-01-2018, 09:44 AM
 
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I thought Trump delaying the tariffs for certain countries including the European union would have seen the market up fairly strong today
Haven't looked--not so???
Ouch! 300 points and waiting on Apple and the Fed...
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Old 05-01-2018, 10:43 AM
 
Location: SC
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I thought Trump delaying the tariffs for certain countries including the European union would have seen the market up fairly strong today
Haven't looked--not so???
Ouch! 300 points and waiting on Apple and the Fed...
Uncertainty
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Old 05-01-2018, 11:23 AM
 
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Uncertainty
If the fed comes across hawkish...look out below.
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Old 05-01-2018, 02:12 PM
 
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So what's the answer?
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Old 05-01-2018, 02:19 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC
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My stocks were worth considerably more when the Dow was at 19,000 than they are now. It's mostly the same stocks and pretty well diversified. And none of them are spec stocks, all solid companies. And my bigger holdings are ascending companies like Constellation Brands and Lam Research.

Hard not to feel like the system is rigged.
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Old 05-01-2018, 03:10 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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We've been below 25K for about 2 months now - every time there is a rally, a dip then follows.
We're down today and sitting at around 24,000.
I am thinking that the bull market is out of steam at this point.
The stock market is like a series of parties. The last party ended on January 26.

We're just waiting around for the next one to begin.
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Old 05-06-2018, 02:12 PM
 
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I personally just started investing and I pulled out and went to Treasury bonds. I invested only $1.5k so far and already lost -$30. I am honestly new to this stuff in terms of the technicalities but we are probably at the peak of the bull market. What goes up must come down. At the end of the day just glad I was able to get into another stable Fortune 500 before the next downturn happens and they close the hiring books for 2 years. Paying down debt as quickly as possible investments will be more of a focus 5 years from now when not so much of my disposable income is going towards paying down debt. I will qualify for 401k matching in July. Then I will continue to pull the match into Treasury until the dip happens and then I am going to opt into the most aggressive fund once again.
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