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By: John Murphy

John Murphy — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:44:53 +0000

There's a good article at Investors Daily Edge for the 27 August called 'Beware of the Pattern on the S&P' that might give some more insight into buying signals. Nice blog you have here.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:14:26 +0000

I agree MoneyNing, I’m already doing that with dollar cost averaging. What I’m looking at is putting in additional money and any metrics I can use to help me decide when to put it in the market.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:31:32 +0000

It’s very easy to see in an analysis on history that you need to buy when the market bottoms but in real time it is very tough since you don’t know if the next day will be another day of decline! You might buy some when the market goes down but it might go down further. Since we don’t have unlimited money on the sidelines, it’s hard to follow the buy on the dip advices even if you truly believe in it.

Therefore, what KMC said is a good strategy in the real world, buy when it goes up and buy when it goes down.

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By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:47:57 +0000

Plonkee, where can I get one of those time machines? Do they sell them on eBay : )

KMC, do you buy once a month or more often than that?

By: KMC

KMC — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:31:24 +0000

I just buy all the time.

Market goes up – I buy. Market goes down – I buy.

Every month…I buy.

By: plonkee

plonkee — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:37:40 +0000

A time machine.

I was going to suggest a tardis, but I think there are rules against that.