The GOLD scream room
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What I'd love in Jan on my annual rebalance is the opposite of what happened last year. With the drop in stocks late last year I was not able to lock in gains and sell some stocks in a rebalance.
This year I'd be able to rebalance a bit out of stocks if this uptrend holds.
This year I'd be able to rebalance a bit out of stocks if this uptrend holds.
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You could always do it early. What are the odds that optimum gains are going to line up with your preferred date of sale?Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:22 pmWhat I'd love in Jan on my annual rebalance is the opposite of what happened last year. With the drop in stocks late last year I was not able to lock in gains and sell some stocks in a rebalance.
This year I'd be able to rebalance a bit out of stocks if this uptrend holds.
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That would be timing in a way. Blindly doing it in early January makes it mindless and emotionless -- as well, I have my IRA contribution cash going in early January each year so that adds to the cash amount.dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:56 pmYou could always do it early. What are the odds that optimum gains are going to line up with your preferred date of sale?Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:22 pmWhat I'd love in Jan on my annual rebalance is the opposite of what happened last year. With the drop in stocks late last year I was not able to lock in gains and sell some stocks in a rebalance.
This year I'd be able to rebalance a bit out of stocks if this uptrend holds.
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Yes, it would absolutely be timing.
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"That would be timing in a way. Blindly doing it in early January makes it mindless and emotionless"Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:52 pmThat would be timing in a way. Blindly doing it in early January makes it mindless and emotionless -- as well, I have my IRA contribution cash going in early January each year so that adds to the cash amount.dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:56 pmYou could always do it early. What are the odds that optimum gains are going to line up with your preferred date of sale?Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:22 pmWhat I'd love in Jan on my annual rebalance is the opposite of what happened last year. With the drop in stocks late last year I was not able to lock in gains and sell some stocks in a rebalance.
This year I'd be able to rebalance a bit out of stocks if this uptrend holds.
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Wow, I'm amazed at how little I care about this....
since I decided to only look at my portfolio every 3 months. When I saw this post I thought, hey maybe I should check...then I thought, nah, got better things to do.
since I decided to only look at my portfolio every 3 months. When I saw this post I thought, hey maybe I should check...then I thought, nah, got better things to do.
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Nice to see gold at 1479.
Stocks were supposed to get a big boost from the latest trade & tariff talk. Now flat.
Stocks were supposed to get a big boost from the latest trade & tariff talk. Now flat.
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Hey now, gold is over $1,600/oz.
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Indeed.
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On CNBC, it was noted that even as people continue to pour money into the market (Stock Scream thread has an article about Mom and Pop investors excited by fee-free trading), there is also money going into classic safe havens. Hence the falling yields and rise in the price of gold. Why are they also going into safe havens? Supposedly a lot of it *is* corona. Some think that the market is finally ready to tank because corona is eating into profits: airline companies, internationally sold beverages, lots of things.
Others think that this will be wrapped up by May- that the virus will be contained, things will go back to normal, and in the rear view mirror, this will look like a buying opportunity.
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Or a selling opportunity for gold.dualstow wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:03 amOn CNBC, it was noted that even as people continue to pour money into the market (Stock Scream thread has an article about Mom and Pop investors excited by fee-free trading), there is also money going into classic safe havens. Hence the falling yields and rise in the price of gold. Why are they also going into safe havens? Supposedly a lot of it *is* corona. Some think that the market is finally ready to tank because corona is eating into profits: airline companies, internationally sold beverages, lots of things.
Others think that this will be wrapped up by May- that the virus will be contained, things will go back to normal, and in the rear view mirror, this will look like a buying opportunity.
I'm going to be selling a modest amount but not for that reason; I'm planning to buy a house this summer and am raising cash.
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Yes
I'm close to selling some paper gold at breakeven, gold which I already replaced by buying coins months ago.
I'm close to selling some paper gold at breakeven, gold which I already replaced by buying coins months ago.
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Today is a shining example of the calming effect of the PP. Gold and bonds more than making up for the stock massacre.
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I'm a little ashamed to say I get a bit excited on days like today, so maybe not so "calming". Happy to have days like this which make up for the tracking error against stocks when they're humming along to new highs every day.Cortopassi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:41 amToday is a shining example of the calming effect of the PP. Gold and bonds more than making up for the stock massacre.
(a lot of my future compensation is stock-based, so there's some sadness inside too as I think about that)
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Interesting that gold is getting crushed back down but bonds are holding.
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Yes, gold is getting "crushed back down" to being up only $16 on the day. Woe is me!Cortopassi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:59 pmInteresting that gold is getting crushed back down but bonds are holding.
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Crushed was a hard word, but when you consider that stocks held their losses, bonds held their gains, and gold did this in the afternoon, it is definitely an odd man out for some reason.Libertarian666 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 2:50 pmYes, gold is getting "crushed back down" to being up only $16 on the day. Woe is me!Cortopassi wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:59 pmInteresting that gold is getting crushed back down but bonds are holding.
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Gold has always been the most volatile component in the PP, by far. And it marches to its own drumbeat. Same with silver. Bonds and precious metals were up today and helped to offset the stock market's trip to the woodshed. Life is good.
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If Budd were still here, he would be complaining that gold and bonds "failed to buoy the PP as advertised" since they merely softened the blow from stocks instead of more than offsetting the losses
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LOL. Budd was one of those ppl who really needed to be in just cash or short term bonds.
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Let me channel Budd here, and say, what the hell? I mean, sure it is still technically up for the past few days, but is this the old BS of people selling gold to fund their margin calls?
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4 days and no gold scream room discussion, interesting.
tech, I was wondering what your thoughts are over the past 2-3 days where gold has languished. It was upsetting to me this morning to see it down again, but then I ran a 3 month comparison and felt better.
I know there is no 1:1 guaranteed inverse correlation, but it did start out really strongly when the markets tanked.
tech, I was wondering what your thoughts are over the past 2-3 days where gold has languished. It was upsetting to me this morning to see it down again, but then I ran a 3 month comparison and felt better.
I know there is no 1:1 guaranteed inverse correlation, but it did start out really strongly when the markets tanked.
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Personally, I think it's because the market is sniffing deflation... and they are going back to the old trusty deflation handbook. Long bonds are *the* asset right now and nothing else matters. If the virus starts to take hold in the U.S. I expect to see gold react a bit more. I also think it will react more if/when the Fed announces rate cuts or QE. But I'm not surprised to see it consolidating right now in the short term while bonds are running like they stole something. From a long term perspective, it's probably better for it to consolidate and digest its recent gains a bit. If it kept screaming higher like bonds are it would also put gold at risk of a blowoff top.