Any Investors in this market?

[GRH]

Just curious if anyone else traded or was into investing? This is a fun, if volatile market to trade in...But I think it presents great opportunities. The hard part is calling bottom!

[randolph]

Originally Posted by GRH

Just curious if anyone else traded or was into investing? This is a fun, if volatile market to trade in...But I think it presents great opportunities. The hard part is calling bottom!

Yes, I watch my "goodies" go down and down where it stops nobody knows. My port.. is still green and the yields are looking better every day. So I have reluctant to sell so far.

[Rondaddy1]

I am considering buying another home and renting my current one out (or vice-versa). Just seems like a great time to buy if a person is financially stable. As far as stocks/funds, Iam just playing safe and holding on to what I have left and hope it starts to grow again!

[randolph]

Originally Posted by Rondaddy1

I am considering buying another home and renting my current one out (or vice-versa). Just seems like a great time to buy if a person is financially stable. As far as stocks/funds, Iam just playing safe and holding on to what I have left and hope it starts to grow again!

Housing prices here in Calif. are looking good, however, boarded empty houses in a neighborhood is not good news. Be very careful. Recovery in some areas may take ten years or more.

[Rondaddy1]

Originally Posted by randolph

Housing prices here in Calif. are looking good, however, boarded empty houses in a neighborhood is not good news. Be very careful. Recovery in some areas may take ten years or more.

Yeah, my friend from Chino has told me some horror stories. And he just got layed off...sucks.
Anyway, where I live the houses are holding their value a little better, so I feel that this might be a good time.

[GRH]

I don't own a home, but I certainly play the different markets. I've had some DOW futures contracts that I had short, and they paid well this week. I've been hedgeing that general bet with long plays in some DOW blue-chips like GE, KFT, JNJ, MCD, etc. The P/E ratio is phenomenal on many of these blue-chips...But I have no idea where bottom is...So I've been slowly buying in during the past few weeks to reduce my exposure. Still, I like the VERY long prospects on many of these companies...After all, 100 shares of MCD bought back in the 1960's for $2,250 would be worth $4.6 million today after all the splits and dividend-reinvests. I'm not sure what the DOW will do next week...I'm suspicious of a bear trap, so I'm reducing my short exposure towards long...

But damn, I've had some metal plays which have payed off handsomely. Roughly 17% gains in just a few months of metal positions. Not bad given the direction of stocks these days...