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2008/12/3-9 [Finance/Investment] UID:52156 Activity:nil
12/3    Another chief investment strategist says bottom is IN!
        UBS analyst says S&P may rally to 1,300 by end of 2009!
        omfg I'm gonna be *RICH*!
        http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0pWrGKepx1g
        http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=792104
        \_ Everytime I listen to some "expert" I get screwed. Lately,
           I've been doing the opposite and have been doing marvolously.
           Don't listen to the experts man. Do the opposite.   -week trader
           \_ I made 50% this week even with a slightly down day today.
              Pretty easy when we keep bouncing off of the same lows in a
              range. When financials tanked on Monday I doubled my
              position in them (I had bought into Citibank last week). Life is
              good. It will suck when the markets stabilize and I will have
              to convince myself that a 12% up year was "good". I can make
              that in a good day right now. Why wait for 2009? The worst
              thing for the stock market is for it to stay flat, which
              thing for the stock market is for it to stay flat, which I
              is what I think will happen when things settle down after
              the "big buy back in" that the scared money will do once almost
              the "big back buy in" that the scared money will do once almost
              all the big gains have already been made. "You make most of
              your money in a bear market -- you just don't know it at the
              time." I am now 88% in equities, holding 12% cash to buy on
              more dips, although I have no problem trading out for a profit
              and waiting for a lower re-entry point. I'm also waiting for
              oil stocks to dip some more before going in there. Almost there,
              but not quite yet. I think it will take some (negative) earnings
              reports to scare the prices down more. People are still too
              bullish on oil.
              \_ You are just playing the roulette table now. Good to be
                 in the market though, your biggest risk is missing out
                 on a big week.
                 \_ Except this roulette table is guaranteed by the Fed.
                    Up another 6% today. It's good to have skeptics like
                    you, though. When everyone is bullish it will be time
                    to sell.
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