Forever Bull?

Forever Bull?

Will the DJIA march to 25,000? Or march to 30,000? There is no end in sight. Or is there? The only future we don’t know are the history books we have not read. All Bull markets start with a previous Bear market.

Don’t gamble on the Long Ball

Don’t gamble on the Long Ball

Capital Preservation is a major difference between the High Net Worth investor and the aspiring High Net Worth investor. It’s better to look for ‘sales’ in the markets than it is to swing for the fences with all your might. Practice ‘safe’ investing.

Crash says “No Stop Losses on Mutual Funds”

Crash says “No Stop Losses on Mutual Funds”

A part of rules Based Investing utilizes STOPs, STOP-LOSSes, TRAILING STOPs and even SELL ORDERs. You can use these on ETFs, perhaps never called upon. But really useful if there is a Bear market like the last 2 Bears; 54% decline 2007-09 and 49% decline 2000-02. Note: The average Bear market is a 38% decline.

Bulls and Bears: Amanda and Kevin together again

Bulls and Bears: Amanda and Kevin together again

Hurricanes are named. Space Ships are named. Hence, I’ve decided to name the Bull markets ‘Amanda’, and the Bear markets ‘Kevin’. Since 1929, there have been 25 Bears (aka: Kevin1 to Kevin25) and 25 Bulls (aka: Amanda1 to Amanda25). As of June 2017, we are 8+ years into Amanda25 with Kevin26 lurking (somewhere).