TO ALL: DLJ ad says, "Putting our reputation online." Just wait until we start keeping score. . . that will be fun. . .because the reputation of these brokers will truly be "on the line".
You want to know how many times I have put my reputation on the line? Take the number of my total posts. . .roughly 6,500 . . times about 75% are market and stock predictions and analysis. . . is over 4800 times that I have put my rep "on the line" in recent times.
I was bullish from October through April. . .then turned bearish from April through late August. . .just as I had predicted back in March. . .then I went back to being bullish in late-August . . and we made some SERIOUS money. . on our broadbands, gold stocks and high-techs. . .right through until last week. . . when we stayed bullish through the end of the week. . .then turned bearish the beginning of this week.. . . which got us out of many stocks near their highs. . . .so now we are short once more. . .with cash on the side waiting to buy the manipulated panic which is now being contrived by the permanent bears. . . .Y2K, CPI, FED, whatever the fear of the week is. . .
Write this down. . . I will be taking off my bear suit in exactly 2 weeks . . and expect to be back near fully-invested once more. . . November is the key month for setting the pace for the following year. . .unless China announces devaluation on Nov 1, I expect to ride through with boats fully loaded. . . .straight through until December 6, 7 and 8 .. .where I will be selling once more and going back to bear suit until the end of the year. . . . then it is off to the races for 4 months.
One thing I rarely do is throw the curve ball. . . I have planned my strategies months in advance, as is evidenced on this thread going back to last December. . . .and I trade my plan precisely as I state. . .unless some MAJOR wrench is thrown in the works. . . [can't remember last time that happened]. . .
With the help of the enormously talented traders here on the HOME thread, we have accurately predicted every major move of the markets in 1999 . . . and it is all now a matter of public record . . .stated here on this board.
As such, many hundreds of trader/investors have stated that they are showing positive results. . .often for the first time ever. Wish I could share all the Email. . .we will soon start doing so. . .
One thing is for certain. . . there is a revolution going on . . . online investor/traders are SUCEEDING in there endeavors. . big caps small caps . . long, short and options. And Wall Street is taking notice. They were happy when we individual investors were losers. . . but as our winnings continue to grow and our numbers keep expanding. . .we are rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with. . .
. . .and so the markets open higher today, due the SPOOS painted higher on Apple. . .then the bottom drops out and we are in the third triple digit decline in as many days. . . money flow that left high-techs needs to go somewhere, so next thing you know. . paper stocks, gold stocks, blue chips and cyclicals are suddenly all the rage. . . and the Dow "rallies" to a triple digit gain, before settling somewhat.
Understand that this sort of manipulation of the markets does not seem to be decreasing. . .on the other hand, manipulation seems to be getting more blatently obvious. . . perhaps that is a sign in and of itself. High-techs, retailers, E-tailers and others with terrific earnings reports will continue to decline this month. . .until some pre-ordained target bottom is reached . . then one by one they will get scarfed up with big volume buys.
We can play with commodities or shorting or pennies or gold stocks or whatever while we wait for better weather. . . whatever you wish. . for the most part, I will be hard at work on the site. . . [getting 4-5 hours sleep nightly past month or two - taking its toll] . . .
Meanwhile, keep this very important point in mind. The bottom will not be reached by all stocks at the same time. That would be too easy. And that is why we place our buys on individual stocks, when they show exceptional weakness. One day portals will dive, another, broadbands will, another telecoms will, etc. . . It's a stock-pickers market. . .so we place our buys in accordance to the manipulated sell-offs. . and based on DDs and PEs. . .and by the calendar . . .and NOT by the Dow, S&P500 or the Naz composite indexes. . . they will fool you every time.
Best wishes to all.
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