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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-09-07 09:10 PM
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26. Discipline?
Discipline would be plotting an appropriate asset allocation between bonds, equities, and cash, and then sticking with it through the ups and downs. To me that sort of approach makes a lot more sense then trying to time the market.
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  -Stocks fall; Dow down 300 points rodeodance  Aug-09-07 02:28 PM   #0 
  - The whole world must pay for our fake economy!  PassingFair   Aug-09-07 02:31 PM   #1 
  - The stock market  laptoprepairguy   Aug-09-07 03:18 PM   #7 
     - I'm not rich - lost 15% of net worth in 2 weeks  HughMoran   Aug-09-07 05:25 PM   #13 
     - Welcome to the "ownership" society  fencesitter   Aug-09-07 05:34 PM   #15 
        - Yep  HughMoran   Aug-09-07 05:43 PM   #17 
     - Except that now hedge funds are involved in the meltdown  ozymandius   Aug-09-07 07:33 PM   #21 
  - Federal Reserve....there you go! I think the Federal Reserve  snappyturtle   Aug-09-07 02:50 PM   #2 
  - I prefer GOPATM. nt  Javaman   Aug-09-07 03:04 PM   #4 
  - Federal reserve, hey thanks for the extra paper!  superkia   Aug-09-07 06:56 PM   #19 
     - William Greider wrote a book  Mrs. Ted Nancy   Aug-09-07 07:31 PM   #20 
     - Sure am, thank you!  superkia   Aug-09-07 08:27 PM   #23 
     - Gold isn't worth any more than any other arbitrary store of value  eridani   Aug-09-07 10:41 PM   #28 
  - Nothing To Worry About GW Says All Is Well  EV_Ares   Aug-09-07 02:52 PM   #3 
  - More like close to 400 points.  Javaman   Aug-09-07 03:05 PM   #5 
  - Dow 13,270.68 down 387.18 (2.83%) eom  UpInArms   Aug-09-07 03:10 PM   #6 
  - The "Piehole Effect" n/t  CJCRANE   Aug-09-07 05:19 PM   #12 
  - Get a Clue and Throw Him Overboard, Congress!  Demeter   Aug-09-07 05:37 PM   #16 
  - His spewage has a special place in our hearts at the Stock Market Watch.  ozymandius   Aug-09-07 07:37 PM   #22 
     - Well spoken Ozy.  JNelson6563   Aug-09-07 08:52 PM   #25 
  - Talking about manufacturing money to give to Fannie Mae  PassingFair   Aug-09-07 03:24 PM   #8 
  - So we're talking a drop of approximately 700 points in two weeks, right?  LanternWaste   Aug-09-07 03:31 PM   #9 
  - 5%  Zensea   Aug-09-07 04:43 PM   #11 
  - So is the PPT gonna pull it out in the last 3 minutes  Jackpine Radical   Aug-09-07 03:31 PM   #10 
  - 300 pt.s?That's it?  Algorem   Aug-09-07 05:26 PM   #14 
  - I pulled out of the market in May. It killed me to do it, but the signs were there.  David Zephyr   Aug-09-07 06:01 PM   #18 
     - Nice move, congrats on your knowledge, discipline and guts.  slipslidingaway   Aug-09-07 08:36 PM   #24 
        - Discipline?  high density   Aug-09-07 09:10 PM   #26 
           - I believe the appropriate allocation between asset classes  slipslidingaway   Aug-09-07 10:37 PM   #27 
              - It ain't timING the market. It's time IN the market.  A HERETIC I AM   Aug-09-07 10:42 PM   #29 
                 - Being long in a great bull market as we had from the early 80's  slipslidingaway   Aug-09-07 11:19 PM   #30 
 

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