Top is in

[OurTown]

Dude, that's "The Mamas & The Papas."

[PhilB]

Dude, that's "The Mamas & The Papas."

Doh!  My brain is definitely a long way off the top today.  Note to self - all songs about California are not the same song.

[frugalnacho]

The mamas and the topas.

[Clean Shaven]

Sandwich top is in.

[aboatguy]

The "Pele" top is not in!

[2Birds1Stone]

Off TOPic, but I wonder how many of our members post count would drop by 50% if mods decided to call the top for this thread and make it vanish =D

[dragoncar]

Off TOPic, but I wonder how many of our members post count would drop by 50% if mods decided to call the top for this thread and make it vanish =D

My post rate topped out quite a few years ago, so not a big hit for me

[Paul der Krake]

Off TOPic, but I wonder how many of our members post count would drop by 50% if mods decided to call the top for this thread and make it vanish =D

My post rate topped out quite a few years ago, so not a big hit for me

I'm confused, is your top in or out?

[PhilB]

Off TOPic, but I wonder how many of our members post count would drop by 50% if mods decided to call the top for this thread and make it vanish =D

My post rate topped out quite a few years ago, so not a big hit for me

I'm confused, is your top in or out?

I get the feeling that dragoncar is more of a 'shake it all about' kinda guy...

[anisotropy]

@MrDelane

I'm not saying it's not possible, just that for the vast majority (myself included) it is not the best idea.

And I agree with you 100%. Most people will be better off if they stay away from timing the market. Ignore what the market is doing, don't even check, just contribute to their retirement accounts (50% net pay) every two weeks. Repeat this for 20+ years, that's the simplest path to ER.

I did that, then I hit FIRE and had all the time in the world to do w/e I please. As I expended my circle of competence slowly I came to the realization the game is indeed rigged. Not about how the market is manipulated, but the fact that it becomes so much easier to further your knowledge and improve yourself in FIRE.

[dragoncar]

Off TOPic, but I wonder how many of our members post count would drop by 50% if mods decided to call the top for this thread and make it vanish =D

My post rate topped out quite a few years ago, so not a big hit for me

I'm confused, is your top in or out?

I get the feeling that dragoncar is more of a 'shake it all about' kinda guy...

Top is IN

Hokie pokie is ALL ABOUT

[techwiz]

Did you say you needed a new "Top"?

[techwiz]

Hokey pokey is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee made by the Tip Top company.... This must be a sign "The Top is In!"
 

[Bicycle_B]

Any thread with its own ice cream flavor must have hit its top.

Except that this one clearly needs some strawberry topping!

[solon]

You know, there was a time when I thought this whole 'top' thread had run it's course, that there couldn't possibly be anything else top-related that could be posted here. Tip top hokey pokey ice cream from New Zealand. I'm not worthy.

[JAYSLOL]

Any thread with its own ice cream flavor must have hit its top.

Except that this one clearly needs some strawberry topping!

Think unlimited toppings

[techwiz]

Everybody knows you Top a Sunday with a Cherry on Top!

[UnleashHell]

Everybody knows you Top a Sunday with a Cherry on Top!

thats what you learn at sundae school!

[johndoe]

Google suggested this:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/scott-minerd-start-thinking-selling-things-104649397.html
Just thought you guys should know =)

[dragoncar]

Everybody knows you Top a Sunday with a Cherry on Top!

thats what you learn at sundae school!

I graduated from bovine university

[thd7t]

Everybody knows you Top a Sunday with a Cherry on Top!

thats what you learn at sundae school!

I graduated from bovine university

TOP of your class, I hope!

[frugalnacho]

Everybody knows you Top a Sunday with a Cherry on Top!

thats what you learn at sundae school!

I graduated from bovine university

All this time I thought you were a grade-A moron.

[Radagast]

Red spy on triple top resistance rejection. Top is in for sure.

(Filling in for thorstach)

[JAYSLOL]

Red spy on triple top resistance rejection. Top is in for sure.

(Filling in for thorstach)

That's funny, I read this on my phone and scrolled down to this comment slightly zoomed-in so that I could read the text better, but it cut off the little column that has the profile of the poster in it, and as I was reading this I was like wait, is thorstach back?, sees "filling in for Thorstach", darn an impersonator!

[hadabeardonce]

Red spy on triple top resistance rejection. Top is in for sure.

(Filling in for thorstach)

That's funny, I read this on my phone and scrolled down to this comment slightly zoomed-in so that I could read the text better, but it cut off the little column that has the profile of the poster in it, and as I was reading this I was like wait, is thorstach back?, sees "filling in for Thorstach", darn an impersonator!

Has impersonating Thorstach become like impersonating Elvis?

[Dicey]

Hokey pokey is a flavour of ice cream in New Zealand, consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee made by the Tip Top company.... This must be a sign "The Top is In!"
 

OMG, I discovered this cold, creamy deliciousness on a trip to NZ. I could not sTOP eating it! So good!

[2Birds1Stone]

mmmmm looks delicious

[DarkandStormy]

New top in for NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

[Brother Esau]

New top in for NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

So Thorstach was right!

[Financial.Velociraptor]

New top in for NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

So Thorstach was right!

Thorstach is ALWAYS right (eventually!)

[ILikeDividends]

New top in for NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

So Thorstach was right!

Thorstach is ALWAYS right (eventually!)

Yeah, but even a broken clock is still right twice a day; far more regularly and predictably.  ;)

[OurTown]

I've seen this analogy floating around on the internet:  index investing is still gambling, but we are the house. 

[dragoncar]

New top in for NASDAQ and Russell 2000.

So Thorstach was right!

Thorstach is ALWAYS right (eventually!)

Yeah, but even a broken clock is still right twice a day; far more regularly and predictably.  ;)

And a broken clock is right more often than a working clock that's set wrong.

[DarkandStormy]

Uh, new NASDAQ top ya'll.

[OurTown]

Thanks be to Zeus, I was afraid the Top wasn't in!

[Brother Esau]

This thread.....

[Bicycle_B]

Uh, new NASDAQ top ya'll.

Thorstach has come to me in a vision. The letters "Nasdaq" towered over me, graven in stone, larger than Stonehenge.  Above them, like a dark and stormy cloud, were words of wisdom from Thorstach.  Something about VIX and ratios and inverted (something obscured by billowing smoke), and that this is the last and highest top that will ever exist.

[DarkandStormy]

GOAT MOAT still in.

The S&P 500 has been higher at every point of every trading day since May 29th, btw.

[DarkandStormy]

GOAT MOAT still in

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/18/the-so-called-smart-money-has-started-to-sell-at-the-end-of-the-trading-day-a-bad-sign-for-this-bull.html

The S&P 500 is up 2.75% since this post (2 months ago).

[DarkandStormy]

The VIX, TLT, DXY, SPY, QQQ and the Dow are showing the greatest of all time mother of all tops (GOAT MOAT) is in.

The S&P 500 is up 4.7% since the GOAT MOAT was in.

[dougules]

The VIX, TLT, DXY, SPY, QQQ and the Dow are showing the greatest of all time mother of all tops (GOAT MOAT) is in.

The S&P 500 is up 4.7% since the GOAT MOAT was in.

You've been fooled.  It's a classic dead possum slingshot pattern. 

[techwiz]

Uh, new NASDAQ top ya'll.

Thorstach has come to me in a vision. The letters "Nasdaq" towered over me, graven in stone, larger than Stonehenge.  Above them, like a dark and stormy cloud, were words of wisdom from Thorstach.  Something about VIX and ratios and inverted (something obscured by billowing smoke), and that this is the last and highest top that will ever exist.

Was you vision something like this?

Maybe it not all bad news after the storm there could be a rainbow!

[FIRE@50]

If the top isn't clear to you, you just don't want to see it.

[Bicycle_B]

Uh, new NASDAQ top ya'll.

Thorstach has come to me in a vision. The letters "Nasdaq" towered over me, graven in stone, larger than Stonehenge.  Above them, like a dark and stormy cloud, were words of wisdom from Thorstach.  Something about VIX and ratios and inverted (something obscured by billowing smoke), and that this is the last and highest top that will ever exist.

Was you vision something like this?

Yes, @techwiz. That is a frighteningly accurate depiction. Thank you for your ominous assistance.

[Tyson]

Fear is back, VIX above 15, XIV breaking down. SPY to follow, earnings will be a reality check.

For reference, here is my net worth (80% S&P 500), since this thread started:

[dougules]

Uh, new NASDAQ top ya'll.

Thorstach has come to me in a vision. The letters "Nasdaq" towered over me, graven in stone, larger than Stonehenge.  Above them, like a dark and stormy cloud, were words of wisdom from Thorstach.  Something about VIX and ratios and inverted (something obscured by billowing smoke), and that this is the last and highest top that will ever exist.

Was you vision something like this?

Maybe it not all bad news after the storm there could be a rainbow!

A rainbow would be very appropriate since they go up, hit a top, and then come right back down and hit the ground. 

[Retire-Canada]

For reference, here is my net worth (80% S&P 500), since this thread started:

I looked at my VTI holdings for that period...no new additions...just reinvested dividends and I am up ~21%.

[SwordGuy]

Saw this flash across my screen on the CNN website:

"Dow sinks 196 points, falling for 8th day in a row. Longest losing streak since March 2017. Nasdaq drops nearly 1%."

OMG!!!   We're doomed!   Doomed, I tell you!   Doomed!

[Brother Esau]

S&P is up 2.7% and Nasdaq up 11.6% YTD. TOP is still in!

[DS]

Numbers are up, things are happening, fear is so retro, top is in.