tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post4878988939274047678..comments2024-02-29T03:21:35.007-08:00Comments on The Great Depression of 2006 : The Short Side of the MarketJim in San Marcoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09435296419912935381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-61511646734193395302008-01-27T23:38:00.000-08:002008-01-27T23:38:00.000-08:00Agreed, but the chart I copied on 24 January tempt...Agreed, but the chart I copied on 24 January tempts the day trader to try buying on the dip and selling on the temporary recovery. One for Soc Gen, I think...Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-53378034487820334822008-01-27T11:29:00.000-08:002008-01-27T11:29:00.000-08:00Hi SackSounds cute.I can remember reading somewher...Hi Sack<BR/><BR/>Sounds cute.<BR/><BR/>I can remember reading somewhere that buying the dips from 1929 to 1933 would have left you with only 10 percent of your original investment.<BR/><BR/>Retirement could be further off than we think.Jim in San Marcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435296419912935381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27697009.post-30037341543808624622008-01-27T00:55:00.000-08:002008-01-27T00:55:00.000-08:00I suspect that in a bull market, evrybody floats u...I suspect that in a bull market, evrybody floats up effortlessly, but in a bear market, the pros sell to the amateurs every time the latter think happy days are here again, then buy in again on the dips. My wife says she saw a cartoon recently of two white bears, one glum and the other dancing ecstatically, captioned "bipolar bears".Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410040031410954403noreply@blogger.com