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harikaried
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5-year high news

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For those who paid attention to finance news before 2000s, did people bother reporting on 5-year highs?

5-year sliding window for S&P 500
https://www.google.com/finance?chddm=486404&q=.INX

If you drag the time range so that the end of timerange is 2000 and then start sliding left, pretty much every month was a 5-year high for the previous 20 years. Not very exciting news. Or maybe not news but still exciting for some.
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In the 80's, they weren't "5-year highs"; they were "new highs". :D
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Bah humbug! Come back and talk to me when we reach a new high adjusted for inflation... later this year :mrgreen:
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Good news today. Hope we can go higher
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Nowhere near a record, when factoring in inflation.
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Dow has recovered since last year so the "news" is based on price only return, which does not make sense to me.
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I hate this. I still have a bunch of cash to invest and although I have no sense of being able to market time, my next purchase is due on April 1, and at these levels I have to hold my nose or hold off a bit. This thing has gone straight up without so much as a 5% correction.
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Calm Man wrote:I hate this. I still have a bunch of cash to invest and although I have no sense of being able to market time, my next purchase is due on April 1, and at these levels I have to hold my nose or hold off a bit. This thing has gone straight up without so much as a 5% correction.
I agree. We're due for a huge correction, but stay the course. It may continue to go up unabated, I would not wait.
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For equity investing to make any sense at all on a buy and hold basis, then "new highs" need to happen all the time, not just once every 5 or 10 years.
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Calm Man wrote:I hate this. I still have a bunch of cash to invest and although I have no sense of being able to market time, my next purchase is due on April 1, and at these levels I have to hold my nose or hold off a bit. This thing has gone straight up without so much as a 5% correction.
This time it will be different too. I just wonder what all the paper gain really means right now. Maybe makes joesixpack feel OK and gives equity leverage for companies looking to collateralize their stock for something like credit or a buyout, but I still have a difficult time believing that Mr. Market gives free lunches.
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ResNullis wrote» Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:11 pm
For equity investing to make any sense at all on a buy and hold basis, then "new highs" need to happen all the time, not just once every 5 or 10 years.
I don't understand your point. Over the past 10 years with dividends reinvested VTSMX has gained 140%. Over the past 20 years, 450%. It seems to make a lot of sense to me to buy and hold a low cost, widely diversified index fund for the long term in spite of its volatility.

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Call me when we hit 16,500... then I will be more excited.
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Calm Man wrote:I hate this. I still have a bunch of cash to invest and although I have no sense of being able to market time, my next purchase is due on April 1, and at these levels I have to hold my nose or hold off a bit. This thing has gone straight up without so much as a 5% correction.
In the same boat, but I need more bonds. If the equity rally is irrationally real (I don't even know what that means :oops: ), then we'll probably see a real move out of bonds, which so far hasn't taken place - time will tell. I know it's of little consequence long term to try and time a bond% drop, but I love a sale.
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