Comments on: Smart Money Remains Fully Invested

By: Clint

Clint — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:14:48 +0000

L.A. Little,

I’m sorry but this article was written over 2 years ago, And I can’t remember the exact report source.

By: L.A. Little

L.A. Little — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:31:39 +0000

Clint,

I would be interested in what dates these are that support the statement made that — “Over the last 10 years ending June 30, 2006, missing the best 10 days of the S&P 500 (that’s 10 out of 2,517 total trading days) would have reduced your annual return from 8.3% to 3.3%”

Do you have those data points available and can provide?

Regards,

L.A. Little

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:35:34 +0000

Thanks nolandda, I’ve fixed the link.

By: nolandda

nolandda — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:06:47 +0000

Excellent post, I couldn’t agree more.

FYI your link to http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/we-liquidated-our-target-retirement-2050-fund.html

is broken because it has an extra http// in it.

By: Gabriel Borges

Gabriel Borges — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:16:21 +0000

Thank you!

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By: Dan at Everydayfinance

Dan at Everydayfinance — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:30:43 +0000

Agreed, if the best financial managers in the world can’t time the markets, it’s naive to think you can as an individual investor. However, it is good to be hedged. What I was able to do during this recent market downturn was cash in my puts on the QQQQs and a put on AAPL (I had gone long and short with a “strangle” option play just prior to earnings. If you hedge yourself into a market neutral return, you may be defeating the upward trend of the market long term, but in having a small part of your portfolio in investments that zig when the market zags, you can then liquidate them, swoop back in and pick up bargains. The proceeds from these moves have gone into the likes of VIP, WBD and other stocks that have already returned over 10% since they were overly punished during the recent downturn.

By: Cory

Cory — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:11:51 +0000

I couldn’t agree more … decide on your asset allocation and stick to it!

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