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The Hindenburg Omen
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:10 pm
by Ad Orientem
Re: The Hindenburg Omen
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:20 pm
by craigr
https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133 ... in-flames/
Since the omen was first spotted in 2010 the stock market did this to 2011:
Re: The Hindenburg Omen
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:28 pm
by Ad Orientem
LOLÂ I have always tended to view charts as a means of predicting the future with a great deal of skepticism. It seems like a modern form of divination or casting chicken bones. But there are people who live and die by them. And if you get enough people to subscribe to a popular prophesy, it can become self fulfilling.
Re: The Hindenburg Omen
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 3:04 pm
by craigr
IMO. The only way to really do these kinds of things if one is interested is with strict rebalancing bands and stop limits. But that plays into a lot of human emotions and drives up costs. And long-term I doubt it would work better than just buying and holding…
BUT, this is the Variable Portfolio section so I try not to come in here too often and rain on anyone's parade with my cold hard dose of reality party pooping!
