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Re: AAR & TOL

Postby la papillion » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:36 am

There's also the fox, hedge hog besides the turtle. With the bulls, bears and pigs thrown in, add a dash of sharks and viola! We have the animal farm in the stock market :)
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Re: AAR & TOL

Postby LenaHuat » Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:08 pm

I'm waiting for the bear to lower his paws and the pigs to walk upright :lol:
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Re: AAR & TOL

Postby mojo_ » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:08 pm

Don't forget the monkeys that the villagers paid $35 each for to the assistant based on the offer from the man to buy them at $50 each but man and assistant are now missing (story from other thread).. ;)
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Re: AAR & TOL

Postby winston » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:03 pm

TOL:-

Some of the stocks that I have been following have gone up by 30% to 40% over the past 2 days. I did not manage to buy them at the bottom and now that they have gone up so much, it is not worth chasing them anymore..

So where do we go from here ?
1) The economy and the business outlook are not getting better
2) I have not found any industry that would do that well during the slowdown
3) Is this the beginning of a Bull Market or is this a Bear Market Rally ?
4) If it is a new Bull Market, then it is okay to buy on dips going forward
5) If this is a Bear Market rally then it is an opportunity to sell
6) For the existing stocks in my portfolio, I will put a Trailing Stop Loss of 3% to lock in any gains
7) For stocks on my Watchlist, I may buy some ( in stages ) when there is a 50% retracement
8) There could be some profit-taking tomorrow before the week-end
9 Monday is important. If the market rallies on Monday on high volume, it could be the turning point although the economy is going in the other direction...

Enjoy the ride !
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Re: AAR & TOL

Postby kennynah » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:23 am

better be bearish in the short term....i'd be bullish long term...this means, buy if u can hold....at least 12 months...meanwhile....i wont be so gungho and Long just for the rebounds.... it's still a bear market...and it takes guts to have bearish positions...

u dare?
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Re: AAR & TOL

Postby winston » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:46 am

kennynah wrote: .... it's still a bear market...and it takes guts to have bearish positions...u dare?


I already had two big train coming against me in a week ( while I was sitting on some Puts )...

Once bitten, twice shy :P

Twice bitten, never try again :?

I think I will not be buying any Puts until Monday. If the market does not really rally on high volume by then, I may be buying some Puts again..
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