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Old 05-01-2008, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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AAPL all the way, baby!!! I kick myself for not doubling up when it was $10/share.
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Old 05-01-2008, 12:05 PM
 
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Aside from some well diversified 401k strategies....

I like Real Estate, obviously long term.
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Old 05-01-2008, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Are we in a commodities and energy stock bubble? Any comment? My energy stock really went up (one of them jumped three fold recently). I didn’t choose them. My adviser told me I should allocate some money into that sector.

I remember during the housing bubble, everyone told me there was a limited amount of land plus the nice weather in South Florida. House price will go up and up since there will be always a demand. Now crashed, everyone says it is because of overbuilt.

Now everyone blames China for commodities and energy price. There is a short supply and get ready for a higher price. On the other hand, I also read somewhere there is no short supply. I don’t understand. Is it caused by all those super rich investors who influence the markets since there is no where to play their money now? Or it is really a supply and demand issue?

Personally, I wish it is just a bubble. Hopefully, it will burst soon. Any thought?
From a macroeconomic standpoint, increasing global demand for energy isn't going anywhere but up from here. Yes, it commodities are quite volatile (look at where oil is today vs. last week) and the recent price drop has hurt the energy stocks I'm invested in, but I continue to ride it the ups and downs and bring in a good return on my investment. The dollar still has a long way to recover before I get back into other market sectors. Until this country regains some fiscal discipline (government and consumers), I know my money is better served in hard assets, commodities, and energy.
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Old 05-19-2008, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Texas
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This just in. I'm up over 20% YTD. FSNGX is kicking tail. Everyone here should have a strong position in oil/natural gas stocks. This is looking like a good year.
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:21 PM
 
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This just in. I'm up over 20% YTD. FSNGX is kicking tail. Everyone here should have a strong position in oil/natural gas stocks. This is looking like a good year.
I'm up 20% in the last three days, 75% YTD. Uranium mining stocks have hit bottom and are starting to rebound. I'm looking to have a very good year on these investments.
!00-200% or more is not out of reach if you are in the right stocks early.
Check them out but choose carefully.

Silverfox
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Old 05-20-2008, 05:46 AM
 
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I am following some of what Jim Rogers preaches. I am (slowly) getting out of the dollar. Looking much more in China and India. Learning about commodities.
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Old 05-20-2008, 06:28 AM
 
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Late 90s
"This is the new economy, internet stocks are the way of the future

Early 2000s
"Real estate always goes up"

Late 2000s
"increasing global demand for energy isn't going anywhere but up from here"
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Old 05-20-2008, 07:13 AM
 
Location: lumberton, texas
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Just saving up for a condo when I move out in 2011. I have 4k in a 2050 retirement fund which isn't doing good but I don't really care because I'll be selling those funds in 40 years or so.
How old are you? sounds like you are doing great!!!

My DH and I just make sure we are completely debt free. try to keep all the cash we can in the account making 6% and then forget about the money we have in our diversified funds. may not be in the best places but havent lost any money yet.
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Old 05-20-2008, 01:21 PM
 
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I'm up 20% in the last three days, 75% YTD. Uranium mining stocks have hit bottom and are starting to rebound. I'm looking to have a very good year on these investments.
!00-200% or more is not out of reach if you are in the right stocks early.
Check them out but choose carefully.

Silverfox
Just an update.....Up another 7.29% today so far. Thats 27.29% in 4 days.
And this is while the Dow is down 200+ points today !!!
Got to be in the right sectors if you want to beat the crowd.

Silverfox
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Old 05-20-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Just an update.....Up another 7.29% today so far. Thats 27.29% in 4 days.
And this is while the Dow is down 200+ points today !!!
Got to be in the right sectors if you want to beat the crowd.

Silverfox
That's awesome!

I wonder how many of the junior mining companies are going to do now that gold's value is unable to be suppressed much longer.
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