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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4400 on: April 24, 2019, 09:13:25 AM »
So sell everything and watch for the "Bottom is up" thread for buy timing?

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4401 on: April 24, 2019, 09:41:42 AM »
New closing top is in.  The Top is dead, long live the Top !

Which ticker are you people using to verify that the top is in?  Does it include reinvested dividends?

Just checking, but you do know this entire thread is a joke right?

Like there is no real top, and if there is its lasts a few years before the market marches higher to set a new top...:)

Uh, sorry to break it to you but this entire thread is dead serious.  Maybe you need to recalibrate your humor detection circuits?

Damn.. I better sell everything then!


That’s what I’ve been saying!  But it does seem like today is slightly up, so sell today not yesterday.  And if we are up tomorrow, then sell tomorrow not today.  Top is in.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4402 on: April 24, 2019, 04:40:08 PM »
So sell everything and watch for the "Bottom is up" thread for buy timing?

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Nope, if the bottom is up, you missed your chance.  You want the bottom is down thread. :)

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4403 on: April 24, 2019, 04:47:54 PM »
bottom is up, at least in my household

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4404 on: April 24, 2019, 08:25:49 PM »
New closing top is in.  The Top is dead, long live the Top !

Which ticker are you people using to verify that the top is in?  Does it include reinvested dividends?

Just checking, but you do know this entire thread is a joke right?

Like there is no real top, and if there is its lasts a few years before the market marches higher to set a new top...:)

Uh, sorry to break it to you but this entire thread is dead serious.  Maybe you need to recalibrate your humor detection circuits?


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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4405 on: April 26, 2019, 07:41:29 AM »
Q1 GDP was 3.2% vs 2.1% expected. I hope everyone sold at yesterday's top.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4406 on: April 26, 2019, 03:05:43 PM »
Q1 GDP was 3.2% vs 2.1% expected. I hope everyone sold at yesterday's top.

Glad I waited for today's top to not sell! I even bought .05 shares of VOO. I'm going to go down in flames.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4407 on: April 26, 2019, 04:33:10 PM »
Q1 GDP was 3.2% vs 2.1% expected. I hope everyone sold at yesterday's top.

Glad I waited for today's top to not sell! I even bought .05 shares of VOO. I'm going to go down in flames.

I’m confused now.  Should I be not selling or not buying today?

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4408 on: April 26, 2019, 04:38:44 PM »
Q1 GDP was 3.2% vs 2.1% expected. I hope everyone sold at yesterday's top.

Glad I waited for today's top to not sell! I even bought .05 shares of VOO. I'm going to go down in flames.

I’m confused now.  Should I be not selling or not buying today?

Yes!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4409 on: April 26, 2019, 04:42:11 PM »
Q1 GDP was 3.2% vs 2.1% expected. I hope everyone sold at yesterday's top.

Glad I waited for today's top to not sell! I even bought .05 shares of VOO. I'm going to go down in flames.

I’m confused now.  Should I be not selling or not buying today?

Yes!

what say thee thorstach?

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4410 on: April 26, 2019, 05:31:05 PM »
Q1 GDP was 3.2% vs 2.1% expected. I hope everyone sold at yesterday's top.

Glad I waited for today's top to not sell! I even bought .05 shares of VOO. I'm going to go down in flames.

I’m confused now.  Should I be not selling or not buying today?

Yes!

what say thee thorstach?

We may have to wait a bit, he usually appears after 2 days of -1-2% in a row to declare the Top is in again, just in time for the bear trap to kick in and markets to continue going up. 

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4411 on: April 26, 2019, 06:02:12 PM »
But he could be right this time!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4412 on: April 26, 2019, 07:07:35 PM »
But he could be right this time!

So this has probably been discussed elsewhere, but we are now at the point where if we get another drop like 2008, we will still be at or above the 2007 “top”

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4413 on: April 26, 2019, 08:43:57 PM »
New closing top is in.  The Top is dead, long live the Top !

Which ticker are you people using to verify that the top is in?  Does it include reinvested dividends?
 

The close of the SP500

However, the New closing top was surpassed the New New closing top is in .  The new top is dead , long live the new, new top!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4414 on: April 27, 2019, 12:12:30 AM »
But he could be right this time!

So this has probably been discussed elsewhere, but we are now at the point where if we get another drop like 2008, we will still be at or above the 2007 “top”

Cool.. If only we got a pullback like that..:)

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4415 on: April 27, 2019, 03:16:58 PM »
But he could be right this time!

So this has probably been discussed elsewhere, but we are now at the point where if we get another drop like 2008, we will still be at or above the 2007 “top”

Cool.. If only we got a pullback like that..:)

Are you trying to tempt me back into the moneymaking market??

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4416 on: April 27, 2019, 03:37:49 PM »
But he could be right this time!

So this has probably been discussed elsewhere, but we are now at the point where if we get another drop like 2008, we will still be at or above the 2007 “top”

Cool.. If only we got a pullback like that..:)

If we did, the top would be the bottom


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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4417 on: April 27, 2019, 08:14:52 PM »
I don't do market timing but boy if I could have hit 9/11 and 2007 top I'd have a LOT more money now..:)

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4418 on: April 28, 2019, 06:50:34 PM »
I don't do market timing but boy if I could have hit 9/11 and 2007 top I'd have a LOT more money now..:)

I have a lot of should of, could of, would of's as well.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4419 on: April 29, 2019, 08:13:10 AM »
New high market close on Friday, new intra-day high today. Guess the top wasn't in last September after all.

I am adrift, I no longer know what to think.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4420 on: April 29, 2019, 08:45:25 AM »
New high market close on Friday, new intra-day high today. Guess the top wasn't in last September after all.

I am adrift, I no longer know what to think.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4421 on: May 01, 2019, 06:45:34 AM »
Apple's numbers were above line and April employment was +100k over estimates, should have sold last Friday's top.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4422 on: May 01, 2019, 06:51:15 AM »
The everything bubble top is in!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4423 on: May 01, 2019, 07:22:10 AM »
Apple's numbers were above line and April employment was +100k over estimates, should have sold last Friday's top.

Good thing you didn't- last Friday's top is the old top. S&P is up another 5+ points since then, so today is the new top.

It's definitely all downhill from here though.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4424 on: May 01, 2019, 07:22:34 AM »
The everything bubble top is in!

Welp, the everything-bubble-red-Dow-Top-is-in for sure this time. 

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4425 on: May 01, 2019, 08:25:43 AM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4426 on: May 01, 2019, 08:29:18 AM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

<yawn>

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4427 on: May 01, 2019, 09:09:08 AM »
The everything bubble top is in!

Welp, the everything-bubble-red-Dow-Top-is-in for sure this time.


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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4428 on: May 01, 2019, 10:03:53 AM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

<yawn>

I'm waiting for 2999 to panic.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4429 on: May 01, 2019, 10:25:52 AM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

<yawn>

I am grumpy today about some financial matters (my mother's spending, medical bills, tree fell on my house, yada yada) and just saw this thread, looked at my accounts and realized, I'm richer than I've ever been. 

Gotta be the top.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4430 on: May 01, 2019, 10:32:43 AM »
I saw all of these new posts and assumed the market was in free fall. Post count / market decline correlation is diverging.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4431 on: May 01, 2019, 10:40:52 AM »
The market going up at the beginning of the year means that it will go down at the end of the year. Unless it doesn’t.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/01/last-time-the-sp-rallied-this-much-to-start-the-year-markets-plummeted.html

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4432 on: May 01, 2019, 10:58:05 AM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

<yawn>

I am grumpy today about some financial matters (my mother's spending, medical bills, tree fell on my house, yada yada) and just saw this thread, looked at my accounts and realized, I'm richer than I've ever been. 

Gotta be the top.

Would it be too early to say "tree top is in"?  Sorry, terrible sense of humor.

Glad to hear there's a silver lining.  Hopefully things will improve. 

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4433 on: May 01, 2019, 12:02:06 PM »
Trying to calling tops and bottoms is a waste of time.  I am a little jealous of the 100-80% stock allocation crowd these days.  But perfectly content with my smoother ride portfolio with allocations in non traditional groups like market neutral, managed futures,swan defined risk and precious metals.  Enjoy the ride.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4434 on: May 01, 2019, 12:24:01 PM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

<yawn>

I am grumpy today about some financial matters (my mother's spending, medical bills, tree fell on my house, yada yada) and just saw this thread, looked at my accounts and realized, I'm richer than I've ever been. 

Gotta be the top.

Would it be too early to say "tree top is in"?  Sorry, terrible sense of humor.

Glad to hear there's a silver lining.  Hopefully things will improve.
Tree top is in da house. woot woot!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4435 on: May 01, 2019, 03:57:42 PM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

I guess everyone agreed with you!

Classic double goat moat

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4436 on: May 01, 2019, 04:02:30 PM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

I guess everyone agreed with you!

Classic double goat moat

I told ya!

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4437 on: May 01, 2019, 04:20:37 PM »
I was kind of relieved to see it drop a little today. I hope it stays down through tomorrow so my purchases/contributions are more productive. I don't want to be buying all kinds of shares at all time highs :D

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4438 on: May 01, 2019, 04:43:39 PM »
I was kind of relieved to see it drop a little today. I hope it stays down through tomorrow so my purchases/contributions are more productive. I don't want to be buying all kinds of shares at all time highs :D
Of course it was down today, because I put in my order to sell my stock that just vested! It’ll be up next week when I put those funds into Vanguard. Guaranteed.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4439 on: May 01, 2019, 04:45:46 PM »
I was kind of relieved to see it drop a little today. I hope it stays down through tomorrow so my purchases/contributions are more productive. I don't want to be buying all kinds of shares at all time highs :D
Of course it was down today, because I put in my order to sell my stock that just vested! It’ll be up next week when I put those funds into Vanguard. Guaranteed.

Sorry about your luck there :( I hope that everything you sold was at least worth more than what you paid for it.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4440 on: May 01, 2019, 04:50:20 PM »
It is part of my total compensation so I paid nothing for it. :) It is also a very small part of our overall net worth, so it really is no big deal at all. I just like to fake complain.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4441 on: May 01, 2019, 04:55:15 PM »
It is part of my total compensation so I paid nothing for it. :) It is also a very small part of our overall net worth, so it really is no big deal at all. I just like to fake complain.

First world problems :D The best kind to have.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4442 on: May 01, 2019, 05:11:04 PM »
Top is also in with a strong chance of another melt up.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4443 on: May 01, 2019, 05:24:33 PM »
I was kind of relieved to see it drop a little today. I hope it stays down through tomorrow so my purchases/contributions are more productive. I don't want to be buying all kinds of shares at all time highs :D
Of course it was down today, because I put in my order to sell my stock that just vested! It’ll be up next week when I put those funds into Vanguard. Guaranteed.


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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4444 on: May 01, 2019, 06:12:35 PM »
S&P 500 has crossed 2950.. We're doomed!

<yawn>

I am grumpy today about some financial matters (my mother's spending, medical bills, tree fell on my house, yada yada) and just saw this thread, looked at my accounts and realized, I'm richer than I've ever been. 

Gotta be the top.

Would it be too early to say "tree top is in"?  Sorry, terrible sense of humor.

Glad to hear there's a silver lining.  Hopefully things will improve.
Tree top is in da house. woot woot!

Nah, it was just the tip...

/ba dump dump/

The tip of one branch, that is.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4445 on: May 02, 2019, 10:06:28 AM »
The top is not in yet, but it will be shortly:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/major-wall-street-banks-are-telling-clients-to-be-ready-for-a-sudden-rip-higher-in-the-market/ar-AAAMicf?ocid=spartanntp

We're for sure going to melt-up, but then the top will be in.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4446 on: May 06, 2019, 05:10:53 AM »
Double GOAT MOAT is in

« Last Edit: May 06, 2019, 06:12:41 AM by thorstach »

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4447 on: May 06, 2019, 05:28:31 AM »
Aw man, I was just going to start the betting pool on whether Thorstach would be back today! (Futures are way down given tariff talk by 45).

In Stardew Valley, I named my goat GOATMOAT in honor of this thread.

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4448 on: May 06, 2019, 07:07:02 AM »
Double GOAT MOAT is in



Those blue lines form an arrow pointing in the direction of the TOP.  Looks to me it is S&P hitting 3000 around the 21st of May according to the blue line....

This might be it?

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Re: Top is in
« Reply #4449 on: May 06, 2019, 11:30:07 AM »
Isn’t that technically a TRIPLE GOAT MOAT?  I agree with techwiz that it appears we are in for a quadruple goat moat and beyond.  The top will always be in, of course, but there’s no law saying the top can’t get higher over time.  Fight me