Comments on: It Was a Fine Week For Stocks (For Me) http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/ A premier personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: F. D. Bryant III http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 F. D. Bryant III Sat, 13 May 2006 19:44:30 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/05/12/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/#comment-2859 No, don't let stocks go down now. I have a house to buy. After September then they can fall as far as I am concearn. Heh.....actually I'll sell out if I have to. Probably should anyway. Still if the market could generate another couple thousand for me before I close it would be nice. Besides haven't you heard of sell in May, walk away. That historically if your investing money between Oct-May you make money, and from June to Sept you lose money (or something like that - it on one of Cavuto's shows, kinda wish I'd paid closer attention. No, don’t let stocks go down now. I have a house to buy. After September then they can fall as far as I am concearn.

Heh…..actually I’ll sell out if I have to. Probably should anyway. Still if the market could generate another couple thousand for me before I close it would be nice.

Besides haven’t you heard of sell in May, walk away. That historically if your investing money between Oct-May you make money, and from June to Sept you lose money (or something like that – it on one of Cavuto’s shows, kinda wish I’d paid closer attention.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2805 Flexo Fri, 12 May 2006 22:30:33 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/05/12/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/#comment-2805 You may be right, Kurt, and thanks for the well wishes. Unfortunately, we will never know whether a price today affects a price 30 years from now to a high degree of assuredness. Funny things, hypothetical situations. What I do know is that investing today, I'll be better off in the long run than I would be had I invested the same amount yesterday when the prices were higher. I'm not claiming I have a strategy. Today just happened to be payday. You may be right, Kurt, and thanks for the well wishes. Unfortunately, we will never know whether a price today affects a price 30 years from now to a high degree of assuredness. Funny things, hypothetical situations.

What I do know is that investing today, I’ll be better off in the long run than I would be had I invested the same amount yesterday when the prices were higher.

I’m not claiming I have a strategy. Today just happened to be payday.

]]> By: kurt http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2804 kurt Fri, 12 May 2006 22:24:24 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/05/12/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/#comment-2804 If you believe in an efficient market, which I suspect a lot of people here do, falling stocks are always a bad sign. Your implicit assumption in saying this was a good week for you is that stocks will end up at the same price in the long run as they otherwise would have. A strict application of the efficient market hypothesis says this is hogwash. Just saying. Keep up the good work. If you believe in an efficient market, which I suspect a lot of people here do, falling stocks are always a bad sign. Your implicit assumption in saying this was a good week for you is that stocks will end up at the same price in the long run as they otherwise would have. A strict application of the efficient market hypothesis says this is hogwash.
Just saying.
Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2803 Flexo Fri, 12 May 2006 21:54:26 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/05/12/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/#comment-2803 On the one hand, I like to see my balances moving up, and on the other, I like the feeling I'm getting "a deal" when I invest. On the one hand, I like to see my balances moving up, and on the other, I like the feeling I’m getting “a deal” when I invest.

]]> By: My Fiancial Journey http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 My Fiancial Journey Fri, 12 May 2006 21:23:16 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/05/12/it-was-a-fine-week-for-stocks/#comment-2802 Word - damn stocks keep going up, bad for us youngsters trying to buy stocks for our retirement. Go recession ;-) Word – damn stocks keep going up, bad for us youngsters trying to buy stocks for our retirement. Go recession ;-)

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