A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
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A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
Bogleheads....I am struggling to recall a time where 'Mr. Market' moved like this in 12 days [the wild gyrations of 2008-09 do not count, totally different circumstance]. That 4% move is pretty amazing. I am sitting here shaking my head and saying: Go!.
At what point do you stop and say to yourself, "This party cannot go on".
What I am looking for are behavioral signs. What specific behaviors do you observe that make that light bulb go off in your head?
At what point do you stop and say to yourself, "This party cannot go on".
What I am looking for are behavioral signs. What specific behaviors do you observe that make that light bulb go off in your head?
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It was the beginning of 2015, so not that long ago. Or the last 2 weeks of 2013. Or ....
Basically, it is a pretty routine phenomenon.
The light bulb is always on in my head.
Basically, it is a pretty routine phenomenon.
The light bulb is always on in my head.
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Does it matter, though? Would you do something other than stay the course no matter what happened in the last 12 days? Let's say you think "the party can't go on." What are you going to do with this knowledge?JCE66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:47 am Bogleheads....I am struggling to recall a time where 'Mr. Market' moved like this in 12 days [the wild gyrations of 2008-09 do not count, totally different circumstance]. That 4% move is pretty amazing. I am sitting here shaking my head and saying: Go!.
At what point do you stop and say to yourself, "This party cannot go on".
What I am looking for are behavioral signs. What specific behaviors do you observe that make that light bulb go off in your head?
I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing regardless of the party, so the last 12 days and the next 12 days are irrelevant to me.
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It happens all the time.
Instead of "struggling to recall" why not look at the actual data and tell us whether this is a two standard deviation event or not?
Instead of "struggling to recall" why not look at the actual data and tell us whether this is a two standard deviation event or not?
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I've read many times here that most of the market's big moves happen in just a handful of days every decade, but haven't been paying attention for long enough to actually witness it. Curious if we are now in one of those periods or if those really big days are typically even more extreme than this?
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Really big days are more extreme than this. But the recent gains are quite nice and nothing to sneer at.
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There's an article floating around BH that addresses this issue... that bull runs and huge returns generally are limited to a few select weeks/months at random throughout a period of time while the rest of the months are ho-hum and/or loss of monies.
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Buckybadger....Nope, I will stay the course. I thought Mr. Larimore's response to a question I posed to him in 2016 in the 'famous Sheepdog thread' made a lot of sense and has stayed with me.Does it matter, though? Would you do something other than stay the course no matter what happened in the last 12 days?
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That being said, I just do not recall anything quite like this. Meaning, the 'zeitgeist' to me is not the same as 83-87 or 95-99. A distinctly different feel. So I am wondering if there are specific behavioral cues that people look for to tell them, "Yo, this party feels like it is coming to an end". For example, I just don't see tons of articles saying the bull will go on and on because this time is is just different. Quite the opposite.
livesoft...Yeah, I hear you.
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This helps to underscore an, imo, incredibly important point: time IN the market is better than timINg the market.
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Yeah.. this is one of the periods that hurt the people with cash on the sideline.JCE66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:47 am Bogleheads....I am struggling to recall a time where 'Mr. Market' moved like this in 12 days [the wild gyrations of 2008-09 do not count, totally different circumstance]. That 4% move is pretty amazing. I am sitting here shaking my head and saying: Go!.
At what point do you stop and say to yourself, "This party cannot go on".
What I am looking for are behavioral signs. What specific behaviors do you observe that make that light bulb go off in your head?
Time is the ultimate currency.
Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
Recent >5% jump-ups in the S&P 500 (over a 2-week period):
+7.6% in July 2016
+6.5% in Feb 2016
+7.2% in Oct 2015
+5.1% in Feb 2015
+7.1% in Oct 2014
+5.7% in Feb 2014
+6.0% in Oct 2013
+5.0% in Jul 2013
...
The list goes on (I only searched back to 2013). I guess it's as odd as you want it to be.
+7.6% in July 2016
+6.5% in Feb 2016
+7.2% in Oct 2015
+5.1% in Feb 2015
+7.1% in Oct 2014
+5.7% in Feb 2014
+6.0% in Oct 2013
+5.0% in Jul 2013
...
The list goes on (I only searched back to 2013). I guess it's as odd as you want it to be.
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markets go up and down. the moves appear random to us, and large moves are quite frequent. i don't find this odd or that interesting. i find people's reactions to it VERY interesting.
i just thought of my co-worker, who sold all his equities and went 100% bonds and cash just before the election... i hope he got back in shortly thereafter, but human psychology being what it is, id be willing to bet he's still sitting in bonds and cash, waiting for the obvious crash that must, just MUST, ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE COMING!!$! getting angrier and angrier at this crazy market that just keeps going up up and away.
i just went back to my tax lots, my last purchase of VTI (which is only 30% of my portfolio anyway) was ~$110 per share. that market can drop all the way down to there and i'd still be in the green on every single one of my VTI purchases...
i just thought of my co-worker, who sold all his equities and went 100% bonds and cash just before the election... i hope he got back in shortly thereafter, but human psychology being what it is, id be willing to bet he's still sitting in bonds and cash, waiting for the obvious crash that must, just MUST, ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE COMING!!$! getting angrier and angrier at this crazy market that just keeps going up up and away.
i just went back to my tax lots, my last purchase of VTI (which is only 30% of my portfolio anyway) was ~$110 per share. that market can drop all the way down to there and i'd still be in the green on every single one of my VTI purchases...
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I had a co-worker get wiped out in 08-09...got out just after that and never got back in...
I run into him occasionally, and really like seeing him (good guy), but there is always this mental asterisk in my head when I think about him...
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I think the recent tax "reforms" have added to the market projections of increased profit. So I expect 2018 to be airly good investment wise.
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What specific behaviors do you observe that make that light bulb go off in your head?
After a pattern continues long enough that the masses think it is the "New Norm".
Record ,Massive Inflows to an asset class.
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After a pattern continues long enough that the masses think it is the "New Norm".
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Chasing Performance.
Greed.
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
I believe I heard some market guru say that upside moves or toppings end when the bulk of the investing public (including new investors drawn to the excitement of the rising market?) runs out of new money to throw in
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*Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns?Greg in Idaho wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:28 am but there is always this mental asterisk in my head when I think about him...
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that's interesting because, just like new all time highs for markets, record inflows are to be expected... you have growing populations, low unemployment, 'nudged' retirement investment... all the 'fundamentals' point to increasing 'fund flows.' you would expect that to happen regardless of perceived market valuation.
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Every time I think the market is overvalued during the current run, I look at this graph:
https://www.ftportfolios.com/Common/Con ... 8ff9bfe12d
Then I realize we COULD only be halfway there and I keep reminding myself to keep investing.
https://www.ftportfolios.com/Common/Con ... 8ff9bfe12d
Then I realize we COULD only be halfway there and I keep reminding myself to keep investing.
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
The S&P 500 is up 4.7% so far this month including today, which is quite a bit but nothing compared to the +13.2% from January 1987. The first 11 trading days of Jan. '87 were already up +10% compared to +4.7% now. The month's only half over though.
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exactly. and imagine what that would look like if they'd counted that like 19.8% or whatever it was drop in the past few years...drg02b wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:44 am Every time I think the market is overvalued during the current run, I look at this graph:
https://www.ftportfolios.com/Common/Con ... 8ff9bfe12d
Then I realize we COULD only be halfway there and I keep reminding myself to keep investing.
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
Well, USA have a long way to go before we can catch up a couple of global indexes.
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Januarys seem like they have a tendency to often be either really strong or really negative. Just 2 years ago Jan. 2016 was the worst January for the market since January 2009. They both ended up being good years for equities.
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The problem with facile explanations of changes is that they often don't fit the data. International Stocks are up more than US stocks. How does US corporate tax law changes explain that?
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The OP didn't ask about intl stocks, and therefore my response did not address their rise.
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The markets moves are impossible to grab. BH's will post the articles that show that over the last 100+ years the big moves and the large majority of the returns happen in a ridiculously short amount of days compared to the fact that the market is open for roughly 250 days per year. The moves downward are even more intense, however the market is net rising so there are more of the up situations. If you had a crystal ball (which no one has, no matter how many Ivy league degrees) and were able to avoid the 20 worst days in the stock market the last 40 years you would have exponentially more money than you do. Same in reverse, if you missed say, the best 30 days, you'd have like half. Read's Taleb's Black Swan.onourway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:54 am I've read many times here that most of the market's big moves happen in just a handful of days every decade, but haven't been paying attention for long enough to actually witness it. Curious if we are now in one of those periods or if those really big days are typically even more extreme than this?
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Experts claimed that has been "priced in" in last year's run-up .Admiral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
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No, but you gave an explanation for the rise and I don't see any reason to believe it. Basically, it is impossible to demonstrate the reason for market rises over very short periods.
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Yeah, my thinking was the tax cut was already priced in last year even before it passed. My theory is the rise so far this month is mostly due to retail money (i.e. regular folks) flowing into equities (2018 IRA contributions, etc.).flyingaway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:11 amExperts claimed that has been "priced in" in last year's run-up .Admiral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
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I don't claim to be an expert, but I would have figured it would be priced in by the end of last year (a few days after the tax bill had passed, and some of the key provisions became clear).flyingaway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:11 amExperts claimed that has been "priced in" in last year's run-up .Admiral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
I do vaguely remember that in the tech bubble of 2000, the largest run up was before the crash.
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I'm wondering if another factor was that people were reluctant to buy MFs (and possibly take a capital gains distribution) in the last 2 weeks of the year, but waited until this year (and possibly lower tax rates).OkieIndexer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:15 amYeah, my thinking was the tax cut was already priced in last year even before it passed. My theory is the rise so far this month is mostly due to retail money (i.e. regular folks) flowing into equities (2018 IRA contributions, etc.).flyingaway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:11 amExperts claimed that has been "priced in" in last year's run-up .Admiral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
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Excellent example of this covered in Random Walk Down Wallstreet. I can’t remenber exact figures but something like $1 in Dow in 1900 would be $290 now. If you missed the 5 best days of each year, it would be less than a penny. Having said that, if you missed the 5 worst days of each year instead.... but nobody can tell you when those will be consistently.
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This is more along the lines of what I was looking for, in a behavioral sense. For now, I am not seeing very many 'but this time, it is just so different' articles that would lead me to conclude people are buying into the idea of a 'New Norm'.After a pattern continues long enough that the masses think it is the "New Norm".
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Would love to see other behavioral examples that Bogleheads look for.
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This is one of the problems with market timing — missing those relatively small number of days with a big runup.deltaneutral83 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:07 amThe markets moves are impossible to grab. BH's will post the articles that show that over the last 100+ years the big moves and the large majority of the returns happen in a ridiculously short amount of days compared to the fact that the market is open for roughly 250 days per year. The moves downward are even more intense, however the market is net rising so there are more of the up situations. If you had a crystal ball (which no one has, no matter how many Ivy league degrees) and were able to avoid the 20 worst days in the stock market the last 40 years you would have exponentially more money than you do. Same in reverse, if you missed say, the best 30 days, you'd have like half. Read's Taleb's Black Swan.onourway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 8:54 am I've read many times here that most of the market's big moves happen in just a handful of days every decade, but haven't been paying attention for long enough to actually witness it. Curious if we are now in one of those periods or if those really big days are typically even more extreme than this?
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It seems to me that the smart money was in last year, and the dumb money is rushing in now, which is the sign of topping.OkieIndexer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:15 amYeah, my thinking was the tax cut was already priced in last year even before it passed. My theory is the rise so far this month is mostly due to retail money (i.e. regular folks) flowing into equities (2018 IRA contributions, etc.).flyingaway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:11 amExperts claimed that has been "priced in" in last year's run-up .Admiral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
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How about irrational exuberance? I gave one possible explanation of the rise. I have no secret sauce, it's my opinion--and one that seems supported by the math--that companies with lower taxes immediately have increased revenues/earnings, which is thus reflected in rising share prices. Some of the rise may have been baked in last year, but some may not have been.Geologist wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:13 amNo, but you gave an explanation for the rise and I don't see any reason to believe it. Basically, it is impossible to demonstrate the reason for market rises over very short periods.
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Thanks for posting, it was one of these articles that I read a few years ago that really hammered the point home (Taleb's book as well). Once you get to the point that you're more scared to sell (or stay on the sidelines) than you are to buy you know you've turned the corner and fought off the instinct to tinker. Being petrified that the day I sell any amount would follow up with the next day being one of the "10 best days" over a 30 year time frame is frightening (in a good way) and helped me to establish the stay the course motto.delamer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:27 am This is one of the problems with market timing — missing those relatively small number of days with a big runup.
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bogleheads dont look for answers....it doesnt change the plan.JCE66 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:24 amThis is more along the lines of what I was looking for, in a behavioral sense. For now, I am not seeing very many 'but this time, it is just so different' articles that would lead me to conclude people are buying into the idea of a 'New Norm'.After a pattern continues long enough that the masses think it is the "New Norm".
Record ,Massive Inflows to an asset class.
Chasing Performance.
Greed.
Would love to see other behavioral examples that Bogleheads look for.
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Feels like a sugar high powered by tax cuts and a late bull (people finally deciding they don't want to any longer miss the bull market). That said it is exhilerating running with the bulls.
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
History shows if you miss the best couple of days, you miss the whole run.
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i think that is overly reductionist. efficient market hypothesis assumes new information is immediately digested by market actors. this is an over-idealized assumption, but there is no reason we cannot discern the cause of a large market move.Geologist wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:13 amNo, but you gave an explanation for the rise and I don't see any reason to believe it. Basically, it is impossible to demonstrate the reason for market rises over very short periods.
example, a biopharmaceutical just passes FDA approval, stock price surges 150%. was that just a random move? no, it was because it received FDA approval...
theoretically, the 'random' moves of the market appear so because they occur at prices met between equally knowledgeable buyers and sellers in the open market. this 'push and pull' between market buyers and sellers is why stock return data over short periods appears, to a certain extent, random.
when new information is introduced, the market adjusts accordingly. if the news is significant enough to cause a substantial change in market participants' expectations, then i see no reason why would could not find a causal link between the two.
this is not to say that i agree with market headlines that state nonsense like 'Dow down 0.3% on news that so and so shot whoever.'
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Lets suppose I have good investments. If I were a market timer I would try to sell them while they are ridiculously overpriced. But not being a market timer if I just continue to hold them (and save or pocket the dividends),because they are good investments (I hope) they will continue to be worthwhile to hold after the prices come back down to reasonable valuation. Although the prices might fall below reasonable for a while before returning to reasonable.
Ridiculously overpriced? Don't really know.
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2018 will be a big increase for me in retirement contributions. Therefore, I know it won’t be a down year because then I could be buying at a discount. I think other than flash crashes (which will happen the day after my buy orders go in each week) I don’t think we’ll have another downturn until 2020 when I have quite a bit more invested and it hurts from several years of good contributions.
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
Market might not be efficient but it is more efficient than I or most investors trying to outguess it.
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The nice thing about experts is there are so many to choose from. Warren Buffet has gone on record as saying thed tax cuts are likely not priced in.flyingaway wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:11 amExperts claimed that has been "priced in" in last year's run-up .Admiral wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am Here's all you need to know (from the chart that was posted):
The average Bull Market period lasted 9.0 years with an average cumulative total return of 480%.
The average Bear Market period lasted 1.4 years with an average cumulative loss of -41%
Why would you assume that a big corporate tax cut would NOT send the markets flying higher? Seems pretty elemental to me. These co's are/have been sitting on a LOT of cash.
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It makes no difference to me if the market is "ridiculously overpriced" since at another time it will be "ridiculously underpriced." Any angst is not related to the various shifts in the market but to the rational knowledge it will not occur but the emotional "wish" of always being able to retain the greatest gain. Settling for the long term, upward trend is boring but becomes gradually satisfying after a number of years. However, it does not change the fact that immediate reinforcement is preferable over longer term rewards. Gotta get that ice cream before it melts.
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
Let me help, this (>=4% in 7 trading days) has happened 110 times since March 2009 [1]. There is nothing even remotely unique about this.
Stay the course.
[1] https://www.Washingtonpost.com/news/get ... ading-days
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Re: A 4% move in the Dow and S&P in 12 days? Seems odd
With a 40% positive return by 2020, I am going to retire then, no more ONE MORE YEAR.Engineer250 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:14 am2018 will be a big increase for me in retirement contributions. Therefore, I know it won’t be a down year because then I could be buying at a discount. I think other than flash crashes (which will happen the day after my buy orders go in each week) I don’t think we’ll have another downturn until 2020 when I have quite a bit more invested and it hurts from several years of good contributions.
Yes I cynically base my predictions on what would be less optimal for me. Or maybe there won’t be a crash, just stagnation starting now.