definition of a Really Bad Day?
definition of a Really Bad Day?
For those of you that like to buy equities after a RBD - what is your definition of a Really Bad Day? Is it a certain percentage?
S&P 500 was down 1.25% yesterday. I didn't make any purchases, but it looks like it will be down today also. I'm considering placing an order of US Total Market w/ some cash sitting in our taxable account.
S&P 500 was down 1.25% yesterday. I didn't make any purchases, but it looks like it will be down today also. I'm considering placing an order of US Total Market w/ some cash sitting in our taxable account.
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Nice.hsv_climber wrote:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RBD+site%3Abogleheads.org
My definition of RBD is the day after I buy, since I bought yesterday and today is looking weak.
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It wasn't you. InvestorNewb went in big-time yesterday so we're in it deep now...mhc wrote:Nice.hsv_climber wrote:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=RBD+site%3Abogleheads.org
My definition of RBD is the day after I buy, since I bought yesterday and today is looking weak.
I just bought some VEA - better price than my last buy on Tuesday....
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My definition of a RBD has nothing to do with the markets because I know they will eventually come back. I'm thinking more along the lines of something like when the wife is on a tear, and nothing I do pleases her.
The surest way to know the future is when it becomes the past.
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livesoft (a member of the forum) has indicated there is a mathmatical way to determine if it is a RBD (really bad day) or not. Usually when the market is down more than 3%, I log into the forum to see if anybody is talking about a RBD. Here is an example from 2011:
http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79719
http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79719
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I don't really define RBD's, as I just tally up our "extra" income at the end of the month and invest in post-tax funds accordingly. My Roth IRA purchase post in the middle of the month, and 401k is every Friday. *shrug*
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I bought Tuesday - since then we are on track for a down week. On the flip side, this investment is Really Really Long Term Investment account, hopefully it will turn around in 25 years or so.
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Sure, but that raises the question of what is the frequency of RBDs in your household?cheese_breath wrote:My definition of a RBD has nothing to do with the markets because I know they will eventually come back. I'm thinking more along the lines of something like when the wife is on a tear, and nothing I do pleases her.
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Fortunately they can be offset by a few RGDs.TSR wrote:Sure, but that raises the question of what is the frequency of RBDs in your household?cheese_breath wrote:My definition of a RBD has nothing to do with the markets because I know they will eventually come back. I'm thinking more along the lines of something like when the wife is on a tear, and nothing I do pleases her.
The surest way to know the future is when it becomes the past.
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If you have some cash sitting on the sidelines, I would buy today.
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I would not buy today and I did not buy today. I do not have cash sitting on the sidelines, but I do have some bond fund shares. My stock/bond allocation is about where I want it, but if an RBD happened I would definitely be a buyer of some stock fund shares.
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That's too late. You buy on a RBD, not the day after.feh wrote:For those of you that like to buy equities after a RBD
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How long has that cash been sitting there? If you bought last year you would've been already up several percent rather than waiting around for a RBD.feh wrote:For those of you that like to buy equities after a RBD - what is your definition of a Really Bad Day? Is it a certain percentage?
S&P 500 was down 1.25% yesterday. I didn't make any purchases, but it looks like it will be down today also. I'm considering placing an order of US Total Market w/ some cash sitting in our taxable account.
There are no guarantees, only probabilities.
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These really bad days will not matter for long term investors.
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Of course they do. If you can get an extra 1% every year for 40 years, what will the difference be? What do you get when you compound at x% and at (x+1)%? If 40 years isn't long enough for you, solve the problem using 50 years.am wrote:These really bad days will not matter for long term investors.
Do you buy high and sell low? If you want to buy low, you have to buy low.
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Yesterday was a bad day. Tuesday night I was so close to hitting my number. Thursday night, not as close. Oh well.
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sscritic,sscritic wrote:Of course they do. If you can get an extra 1% every year for 40 years, what will the difference be? What do you get when you compound at x% and at (x+1)%? If 40 years isn't long enough for you, solve the problem using 50 years.am wrote:These really bad days will not matter for long term investors.
Do you buy high and sell low? If you want to buy low, you have to buy low.
Don't tell me Livesoft's got you too?!
In order to have some $ to buy on a RBD that means you have to have some money in cash/bonds/something safe. There is an opportunity cost to doing that much akin to thinking your expected returns are higher with a 80:20 stock:bond allocation vs. a 100:0 allocation. I think Larry Swedroe has a good analogy to the tune of someone periodically leaving the carpool lane to sit in slower traffic. I say just take the carpool lane the whole time. Furthermore, even if your trades are commission free, no matter how sneaky and intelligent you think you are, frequent trading will cost you some money in bid/ask spreads. Trading is never really free.
I'm with @am on this one. Maybe it would cost you an extra 1% every year for every 40 years? Put cash to work when you have it and follow rebalancing 5/25% bands with less frequent trading and I bet the results are better.
Only way to put this thing to rest would be for Livesoft to post all his trades for the last few years and I'm not crunching the numbers to see if he outperformed standard buy/hold/rebalancing bands.
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If folks think that RBD is a trading strategy, let me ask them: How many RBDs were there in all of 2012?
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First of all, I have to admit to two things: Kool-Aid is my favorite drink (well, Tang might beat it out) and I never rebalance, but I know a lot of people do.grap0013 wrote: sscritic,
Don't tell me Livesoft's got you too?!
In order to have some $ to buy on a RBD that means you have to have some money in cash/bonds/something safe. There is an opportunity cost to doing that much akin to thinking your expected returns are higher with a 80:20 stock:bond allocation vs. a 100:0 allocation. I think Larry Swedroe has a good analogy to the tune of someone periodically leaving the carpool lane to sit in slower traffic. I say just take the carpool lane the whole time. Furthermore, even if your trades are commission free, no matter how sneaky and intelligent you think you are, frequent trading will cost you some money in bid/ask spreads. Trading is never really free.
I'm with @am on this one. Maybe it would cost you an extra 1% every year for every 40 years? Put cash to work when you have it and follow rebalancing 5/25% bands with less frequent trading and I bet the results are better.
Only way to put this thing to rest would be for Livesoft to post all his trades for the last few years and I'm not crunching the numbers to see if he outperformed standard buy/hold/rebalancing bands.
Let's consider rebalancing between stocks and bonds and let's assume you have some of each. If you rebalance at the end of every year, you will sell bonds to buy stocks every time there is a RBY (really bad year). If you rebalance at the end of every month, you will sell bond to buy stocks every time there is a RBM (really bad month). If you use bands, you will sell bonds to buy stocks every time there is a RBB (really bad band, no, not KISS). Whether you use years, months, bands, or days, what is the difference if you sell bonds to buy stocks when stocks are relatively (compared to something) low?
I have no idea why you think a RBD will occur more frequently than a RBM or RBB. I would think a RBY occurs less frequently than a RBD, but there still aren't going to be that many trades, unless I am far off in the number of RBDs a year.
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I had a few thousand dollars sitting my our taxable account and a few thousand in a Roth. I used that money to buy some TM and some VBR.bogleblitz wrote:If you have some cash sitting on the sidelines, I would buy today.
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I did. I was going to put it in at the end of the month anyway. Now it's done.bogleblitz wrote:If you have some cash sitting on the sidelines, I would buy today.
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Definition of a really bad day? I think this book sums it up pretty well.
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Bingo. It's a rebalancing strategy with very tight bands. The opportunistic rebalancing article Livesoft sometimes links says 5% bands work better than smaller bands.sscritic wrote:First of all, I have to admit to two things: Kool-Aid is my favorite drink (well, Tang might beat it out) and I never rebalance, but I know a lot of people do.grap0013 wrote: sscritic,
Don't tell me Livesoft's got you too?!
In order to have some $ to buy on a RBD that means you have to have some money in cash/bonds/something safe. There is an opportunity cost to doing that much akin to thinking your expected returns are higher with a 80:20 stock:bond allocation vs. a 100:0 allocation. I think Larry Swedroe has a good analogy to the tune of someone periodically leaving the carpool lane to sit in slower traffic. I say just take the carpool lane the whole time. Furthermore, even if your trades are commission free, no matter how sneaky and intelligent you think you are, frequent trading will cost you some money in bid/ask spreads. Trading is never really free.
I'm with @am on this one. Maybe it would cost you an extra 1% every year for every 40 years? Put cash to work when you have it and follow rebalancing 5/25% bands with less frequent trading and I bet the results are better.
Only way to put this thing to rest would be for Livesoft to post all his trades for the last few years and I'm not crunching the numbers to see if he outperformed standard buy/hold/rebalancing bands.
Let's consider rebalancing between stocks and bonds and let's assume you have some of each. If you rebalance at the end of every year, you will sell bonds to buy stocks every time there is a RBY (really bad year). If you rebalance at the end of every month, you will sell bond to buy stocks every time there is a RBM (really bad month). If you use bands, you will sell bonds to buy stocks every time there is a RBB (really bad band, no, not KISS). Whether you use years, months, bands, or days, what is the difference if you sell bonds to buy stocks when stocks are relatively (compared to something) low?
I have no idea why you think a RBD will occur more frequently than a RBM or RBB. I would think a RBY occurs less frequently than a RBD, but there still aren't going to be that many trades, unless I am far off in the number of RBDs a year.
There are no guarantees, only probabilities.
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Here it is: http://www.irebal.com/docs/Opportunisti ... ancing.pdf
Look how bad the smaller bands perform relative to larger bands. RBD has small bands.
Look how bad the smaller bands perform relative to larger bands. RBD has small bands.
There are no guarantees, only probabilities.