justRich

Somehow, the stock market seems like it is suffering from inflation. Can it be that too much money was pumped into the economy and it fled to the stock market? At our financial planner's round-table group discussion last Friday the question was raised "Where is all the money going to go?" Bonds? Treasuries? Where? Even though our planner argued for a bear market, he could not answer that question.

That's a ten year average graph - it won't tell you when to "get in" - unless you have a lot of patience - and the market really sags over a long period of time. But it is a good indicator for those with patience and lack of emotional investing motivation, But, yes, there's a lot of air below.

I like it. And keep your powder dry. The market is still over valued - but only a little compared to previous highs. See: S&P 500 PE ratio It's time for a correction and for those with reserve powder, wait until you can see the whites of their eyes!

The only time that they have problems with the DEF system on the Ford diesel is when the owners keep topping off the DEF tank instead of waiting for the DEF warning light ("800 miles remaining on DEF"). Could it be something like that? Are you filling the DEF tank before it indicates that it needs to be replenished?

Single stock shots are gambles - with a little information they can be better than Las Vegas game odds - and its fun when they hit big. Stock gambles that I've sold too early (took the profit and ran) are Apple, IBM, Xone, Vertex and a few others. In those cases, Warren Buffet was right; buy and keep good companies. As for "being in the market"; Its been proven over and over again that index funds will perform best over the long run for the investor. But I'm timing the market too. I believe that the general market will hold up well until Obama's second year at which point extreme caution is my outlook.

Pre-election was a no-brainer for me. . .market goes up, I averaged out. Now, with a lot of fear in the market place. . . It looks like time to start averaging in.