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Strategies & Market Trends : Jim's Nasdaq100 Special as a basket. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (674)	5/14/1999 2:03:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 2103

Unless subsequent government reports indicate slowing economy or inflation, he will need to raise interest rates to satisfy the bond market. This will not help the foreign currencies and the foreign markets. I generally only invest in the indexes, the technology, or financial stocks, so I've had to view the cyclicals sideshow from the sidelines.

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (674)	5/14/1999 8:06:00 PM
From: Monty Lenard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2103

Jim, pay special attention to the last line of this post. exchange2000.com

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (674)	5/21/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2103

I haven't posted over here in a while so I'll put in one of my privet posts just for the heck of it. -------------------- Some people can do good by focusing on stocks, but I found I do better staying with the indexes. My idea is the market tends to float all boats, but then sectors are like a tributary and may have a tide out of sync with the general market, however stocks in those sectors for the most part float with sector. In tracking the nine Spiders, and the SPY, MDY , QQQ, & DIA along with about 60 mutual funds I have more on my plate than I can keep up with. So I have made a rule for me at least to avoid trying to forecast an individual stock. It's been a hard habit to curb, AS i use to pick stocks a lot but last year looking at the NDX I became convinced hardly no one was beating it not even the pros. So with the new QQQ I just changed my focus from stocks to the indexes, it's been a slow change for me but more and more I'm getting where I just will not try to forecast a stock, if I can't play the index or a fund then I don't play. I own zero stocks as individuals , and any more I only play baskets. Jim ------------------------- And add I do look at some stocks, but more as a group than individuals and focus on the heavy weighted ones in whatever index, as they tend to push or pull the index more than the others. -------------- More and more I'm looking at GAPs in price and how they most often fill, and when several GAPs happen & the index Gaps above it's resistance or below it's support, it's almost a sure bet that waiting for the Mo Mo to slow then you can bet it will fill that GAP and you will win 90% of the time. Most people don't have the patience to wait on taht to happen , including myself but I'm getting there. Jim