scottvanv on November 30th, 2011

Quite a rally.  I took my Puts off (I lost less than 1% of my portfolio, with the potential for upwards of a 10-20% gain in a few days).  We may have put off the inevitable for a while…I’ll be watching this quite closely. I think what this does signal is that the Fed will [...]

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scottvanv on November 23rd, 2011

I just finished reading a book called “Conquer the Crash.”  This book was written in 2002, and it was like reading the book of a movie I’d already seen…except that I was living it for the last few years.  It’s written by Robert Prechter, who uses Elliot Wave theory (fractal waves applied the stock market) [...]

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scottvanv on November 1st, 2011

My last post was the exact day the October rally started (I think, didn’t check — but certainly close).  Three days ago, I almost wrote a blog with the quoted title.  The market indicator I subscribe to (it uses similar leading stock behavior techniques similar to those that got me out of the market prior [...]

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