Black Monday

[winner69]

did anyone notice the dow dropped 666 points ....

Biggest one day fall since sometime in 2016 I heard on telly

What’s happened since that dreadful day?

No worries

But bull.. et al love these big daily swings eh ...I just love the relentless up trend

[iceman]

Biggest one day fall since sometime in 2016 I heard on telly

What’s happened since that dreadful day?

No worries

But bull.. et al love these big daily swings eh ...I just love the relentless up trend

Yellen says fully priced but no bubble. As you'd say winner, NO WORRIES

[percy]

It is at times like this we seek inspiration.
I think we need to go no further than Alfred E Neuman's wise words;"What Me Worry ?"

[janner]

It is at times like this we seek inspiration.
I think we need to go no further than Alfred E Neuman's wise words;"What Me Worry ?"

Ah yes.. The immortal Alfred E Neuman .. A wise man indeed..

[winner69]

From FactSet ....says things are all honky dory

No worries


To date, 50% of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported actual results for Q4 2017. In terms of earnings, more companies are reporting actual EPS above estimates (75%) compared to the five-year average. In aggregate, companies are reporting earnings that are 4.0% above the estimates, which is below the five-year average. In terms of sales, more companies (80%) are reporting actual sales above estimates compared to the five-year average. If 80% is the final number for the quarter, it will mark the highest percentage of S&P 500 companies reporting positive sales surprises since FactSet began tracking this metric in Q3 2008. In aggregate, companies are reporting sales that are 1.4% above estimates, which is also above the five-year average.

[JeremyALD]

Sometimes I don't understand market panic. The sp500 and Dow are still both higher than they were at the beginning of the year. Before last week they were up 6% for the month of Jan which was ridiculous and needed a pullback

[winner69]

Old saying .... what goes January goes for the year

If US markets up in January then full year up (more than 70% of the time) ......and full year often up 20% plus

No worries

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/best...-the-year.html

[bull....]

Old saying .... what goes January goes for the year

If US markets up in January then full year up (more than 70% of the time) ......and full year often up 20% plus

No worries

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/01/best...-the-year.html

yea true and another statistic a very good january is usually followed by a bad february

[winner69]

yea true and another statistic a very good january is usually followed by a bad february

So you will be having fun and making heaps then eh bull...

[bull....]

So you will be having fun and making heaps then eh bull...

of course ill be trying , the aim of any investment is to make money isnt it ..... so with a well diversified portfolio one should be able to make money whether the market goes up or down except in years like 1987 2007 etc .