You also have to factor in two very different Fed policies in place in 1982 and today. One was trying to combat inflation and the one today is trying to avoid deflation.Lbill wrote:Of course, the obvious difference between 1982 and now is that in 1982 stocks were reviled and most people didn't want to own them. The Shiller PE/10 got all the way down to about 7. Today, the Shiller PE/10 is still above the historical average at 20 and there still are too many people around like you who think now's the time to buy more. I'm actually doing you stockbugs a favor by talking them down. If there were more people like me, there would actually be some chance you could get rich on them, but until then I wouldn't hold my breath.But yeah, people who started investing in 1966 experienced 18 years of sideway movement and 50% crashes.... In 1966, the DOW was about 1000, and in 1982 it was still 1000...
But things worked pretty well for them... All that money they saved over 18 years, was multiplied by TEN by 1999.
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Important observation. In 1982, bond yields were in the double digits - the 10-year treasury paid 15%. Today that interest tate is less than 2%. Stocks are not going to get the jetpack boost from falling rates that they did beginning in 1982. If anything, rates are poised to head up, which isn't going to help stocks. Expected returns from stocks going forward from here are not inspiring. I'd like to see them at much, much lower prices.You also have to factor in two very different Fed policies in place in 1982 and today. One was trying to combat inflation and the one today is trying to avoid deflation.
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Doesn't this all just point to stock picking individual stocks based on reasonable assumptions of recurring cash flow returned to investors by way of dividends and buybacks?Lbill wrote:Important observation. In 1982, bond yields were in the double digits - the 10-year treasury paid 15%. Today that interest tate is less than 2%. Stocks are not going to get the jetpack boost from falling rates that they did beginning in 1982. If anything, rates are poised to head up, which isn't going to help stocks. Expected returns from stocks going forward from here are not inspiring. I'd like to see them at much, much lower prices.You also have to factor in two very different Fed policies in place in 1982 and today. One was trying to combat inflation and the one today is trying to avoid deflation.
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What? Nobody's bumped this thread yet today?
Perhaps people people are too busy replying to Rick Ferri's thread, I'm Bullish this October..
Perhaps people people are too busy replying to Rick Ferri's thread, I'm Bullish this October..
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nisiprius wrote:What? Nobody's bumped this thread yet today?
Perhaps people people are too busy replying to Rick Ferri's thread, I'm Bullish this October..
I ... did respond to that thread too, but: yeah, I'm buying, more more more! I know I shouldn't be excited, but I am :/
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Here is something interesting that I read on BI
Yesterday October 03, 2011 the S&P 500 closed at 1,099.23
On October 03, 2008 the S&P 500 closed at 1,099.23
The exact same number!
http://www.google.com//finance?chdnp=1& ... INX&ntsp=0
What are the odds of that?
Yesterday October 03, 2011 the S&P 500 closed at 1,099.23
On October 03, 2008 the S&P 500 closed at 1,099.23
The exact same number!
http://www.google.com//finance?chdnp=1& ... INX&ntsp=0
What are the odds of that?
I wonder if we'll get another match at 666, which the S&P 500 hit on March 2, 2009? What are the odds of that?Here is something interesting that I read on BI
Yesterday October 03, 2011 the S&P 500 closed at 1,099.23
On October 03, 2008 the S&P 500 closed at 1,099.23
The exact same number!
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The Bear is officially here!
Stock indexes tumble 2 percent
October 4, 2011 10:17 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell 2 percent and the S&P 500 entered a bear market on Tuesday as European officials considered making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt.
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The odd thing is that this bear market actually started 158 days ago on 29-Apr-2011 when the S&P 500 peaked at 1363.61 The crossing of -20% just makes it official.Lbill wrote:The Bear is officially here!Stock indexes tumble 2 percent
October 4, 2011 10:17 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell 2 percent and the S&P 500 entered a bear market on Tuesday as European officials considered making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt.
The bull market lasted from 06-Mar-2009 until the peak 784 days later on 29-Apr-2011. It climbed +104.5%, but it never got as high as the peak in Oct -2007. And as investors cheered the at the peak, there were really celebrating their own demise. There's irony.
Bear cancelled due to a 200+ point meltup in the DOW in the last few seconds of the trading day. Check back tomorrow...
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I knew you'd be coming Mr. rrosenkoetter. I can understand why they went down 200+ points today. That actually made sense. Maybe you can explain the 300+ point melt up. It's getting so it's the stock rallies that seem crazy, rather than the drops.
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I agree. It's all crazy to me anymore. I can believe that the market will go up 1000 points tomorrow or it will drop 1000 points - or maybe it will do both.
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@LBill . . .
This is totally OT, but I'm curious. Your sig says,
This is totally OT, but I'm curious. Your sig says,
Any idea if there's any significance that he says "you" in the first clause but "we" in the second one? I notice this every time I read your posts."You can only understand life backward, but we must live it forward." ~ Søren Kierkegaard
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Noob - I hope you've been buying right. I think you want to be a new buyer at discount prices, not a holder of discounted inventory bought at higher prices. New buyers should consider that the discounts may be even better going forward - wait for the holiday sales.I can't help it ... I look at this as a list of discounts. Glad I hold significant international and emerging.
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New buyers should consider that we have NO idea which way the market is going to go, so waiting for better discounts could be a mistake as well.Lbill wrote:New buyers should consider that the discounts may be even better going forward - wait for the holiday sales.
Take the guesswork out of investing. Quit trying to predict the future. Rebalance within predetermined bands and you're making your decisions based on has already happened instead of hoping your guesses for the future turn out to be correct.
Not in the long run. Rebalancing forces you to sell your winners and buy your losers... Buy low and sell high I believe is the term.fredP wrote:Doesn't the outcome of those decisions depend on the future? If the market trends then rebalancing would lose you money.rrosenkoetter wrote:Quit trying to predict the future. Rebalance within predetermined bands and you're making your decisions based on has already happened instead of hoping your guesses for the future turn out to be correct.
When the front windshield is covered with black paint, not much use looking forward either.I hope you don't drive your car with your eyes fixated on the rear view mirror.
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What I mean is: I'm glad my portfolio has tilts that have some of these more-volatile, now-suffering assets, so that what I'm buying is on steeper sale for the long run I am holding it for. To be fair, yes, that means my YTD returns are actually rather down compared to someone holding only US equities. I'll happily keep buying as things go down, too, so bring on the holiday discounts Sorry, I realize it's not as exciting for those in retirement, but I sincerely hope that all such folks are heavy on bonds and thus doing alright with this equity drop (since TIPS and Treasuries are up).Lbill wrote:Noob - I hope you've been buying right. I think you want to be a new buyer at discount prices, not a holder of discounted inventory bought at higher prices. New buyers should consider that the discounts may be even better going forward - wait for the holiday sales.I can't help it ... I look at this as a list of discounts. Glad I hold significant international and emerging.
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GET READY FOR THE ZAG
Market has been up for several days and all the "good news" about Europe saving itself is out now. So, I figure that we're getting pretty close to the "zag" that follows the "zig". I'm expecting that will be coming along promptly, accompanied by more "bad news" about Europe, the U.S. debt crisis, and so forth. Better than a carnival ride, isn't it?
Market has been up for several days and all the "good news" about Europe saving itself is out now. So, I figure that we're getting pretty close to the "zag" that follows the "zig". I'm expecting that will be coming along promptly, accompanied by more "bad news" about Europe, the U.S. debt crisis, and so forth. Better than a carnival ride, isn't it?
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Well stocks is up again today. So I sold some VEU at 42.14 that I bought on 06-Oct at 38.24. 10% gain in six days. That's more than I hoped to make in a year.
This is the second time I did that with VEU since the beginning of August. Also did the same with VTI and VDC. I keep trying to add to my stock allocation, but as soon as I buy stock, it jumps up and I feel compelled to take the quick profit. If it goes down, I'll buy it back.
VEU http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=VEU&p= ... 2951537751
Right now I have 11% stock in ira, but most of it is in Wellesley which doesn't move much.
This is the second time I did that with VEU since the beginning of August. Also did the same with VTI and VDC. I keep trying to add to my stock allocation, but as soon as I buy stock, it jumps up and I feel compelled to take the quick profit. If it goes down, I'll buy it back.
VEU http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=VEU&p= ... 2951537751
Right now I have 11% stock in ira, but most of it is in Wellesley which doesn't move much.
Sounds like a high-quality problem. Given the affect you seem have on the market, as a public service announcement, perhaps you could post your intended buys just before you place themgrayfox wrote: ... I keep trying to add to my stock allocation, but as soon as I buy stock, it jumps up and I feel compelled to take the quick profit. If it goes down, I'll buy it back.
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You can't possibly have made money. I can pick some date in the past that has the exact same price as today and prove that the market has returned 0% for x number of months/years.grayfox wrote:Well stocks is up again today. So I sold some VEU at 42.14 that I bought on 06-Oct at 38.24. 10% gain in six days. That's more than I hoped to make in a year.
This is the second time I did that with VEU since the beginning of August. Also did the same with VTI and VDC. I keep trying to add to my stock allocation, but as soon as I buy stock, it jumps up and I feel compelled to take the quick profit. If it goes down, I'll buy it back.
VEU http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=VEU&p= ... 2951537751
Right now I have 11% stock in ira, but most of it is in Wellesley which doesn't move much.
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Don't worry, Lbill will be back as soon as the market drops 200-300 points... But keep in mind, he'll ignore the 1000 point run-up since he started this thread.
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
I say let sleeping dogs lie while U.S. stock are in free-rise.rrosenkoetter wrote:Don't worry, Lbill will be back as soon as the market drops 200-300 points... But keep in mind, he'll ignore the 1000 point run-up since he started this thread.
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Yeah, I'm probably jinxing us...JordanIB wrote:I say let sleeping dogs lie while U.S. stock are in free-rise.rrosenkoetter wrote:Don't worry, Lbill will be back as soon as the market drops 200-300 points... But keep in mind, he'll ignore the 1000 point run-up since he started this thread.
2 months ago quite a few people in this thread were sure a stock crash was coming... But we're up 10% since then... The market may indeed crash 50% or more again very soon, or it may double over the next 3 years or maybe even both.
We just don't know...
We all need to recognize that crashes happen and stocks are risky, so set your AA accordingly. But stay the course. Don't try to predict the market. Don't freak out when it drops.
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Where are the US Stocks are in uncontrolled ascent threads?
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newport1 wrote:Where are the US Stocks are in uncontrolled ascent threads?
May be you should make one, that way when I login to Bogleheads I can tell what the market is doing by looking at what topic is at the top:)
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
As of today, the S&P Index fund's return YTD is positive.
So does that mean it's safe to get back in the market, since now one is doing it at a higher price than back in January?
Brad
So does that mean it's safe to get back in the market, since now one is doing it at a higher price than back in January?
Brad
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
No, it was safe a few days ago. It 's too late nowSo does that mean it's safe to get back in the market, since now one is doing it at a higher price than back in January?
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Reminds me, back in the 90's, when Audi was accused of uncontrolled acceleration. Someone asked:newport1 wrote:Where are the US Stocks are in uncontrolled ascent threads?
"Can I apply this technology to my diesel Chevette?"
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Markets not open yet, I'm going out on limb here, my guess for today as best said by Bruce Springsteen, I'm going down, down, down.
Thought I would be the first to bing this thread back to the top before another one starts:)
Good day All
Jay
Thought I would be the first to bing this thread back to the top before another one starts:)
Good day All
Jay
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Trend follower alert cancelled due to headfake. Back below the 200 day - it was nice while it lasted.
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
I will say the markets are down but not as bad as I would have thought they would have been from my simple overlook.
According to the news outlets one would think we are entering a new ice age by tonight!
According to the news outlets one would think we are entering a new ice age by tonight!
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Just curious then, all the people who bought when the S&P 500 went above the 200 day average a few days ago, now have to sell right?Lbill wrote:Trend follower alert cancelled due to headfake. Back below the 200 day - it was nice while it lasted.
So this is an example where the vaunted 200 day moving average system costs its followers money, right?
This question isn't directed at Lbill... I'm just curious in general.
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
When once I dipped gently into some of the websites that espouse moving average market timing, I gathered that this is known as "whipsawing" and is a familiar problem... and that real moving-average market timers don't use simple systems. The 200 day average is always combined with several other moving averages in some sophisticated way, and whenever the method misbehaves in some unpleasant way they add or change a rule, in hopes of eventually coming up with the perfect recipe that will turn on a dime--at the right time, and hopefully in the right direction--yet never whipsaw.rrosenkoetter wrote:Just curious then, all the people who bought when the S&P 500 went above the 200 day average a few days ago, now have to sell right?Lbill wrote:Trend follower alert cancelled due to headfake. Back below the 200 day - it was nice while it lasted.
So this is an example where the vaunted 200 day moving average system costs its followers money, right?
This question isn't directed at Lbill... I'm just curious in general.
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Here we go again. If Greece sneezes, I lose tens of thousnds of dollars (even though I'm only 30% equities). It really is a global economy.
Should we ask Rick Ferri for another coin flip?
Should we ask Rick Ferri for another coin flip?
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Thats funny, I was thinking of doing that in his Oct coin flip thread this AM I just left well enough alone, we spend to much time with just this one thread anyway!Munir wrote:Here we go again. If Greece sneezes, I lose tens of thousnds of dollars (even though I'm only 30% equities). It really is a global economy.
Should we ask Rick Ferri for another coin flip?
"Out of clutter, find simplicity” Albert Einstein
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
ok, after 8-9 days we can move this to the top again!
I almost forgot where to find the thread.
I almost forgot where to find the thread.
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
I don't even have to pull up Google Financial to know how things are doing in the morning... When I see this thread at the top, I already know. lol
Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
I still think we need a good "The market is UP thread"
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Re: U.S. stocks in freefall
Oi Oi !!! Yesterday it was Greece, today it's Italy, tomorrow Spain?
Seriously, we need another coin flip by Rick. :roll:
Seriously, we need another coin flip by Rick. :roll: