Comments on: Admit it: You miss the market meltdown

By: I’m being run down by Bears! « Simple Living in Suffolk

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By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:20:56 +0000

I’ve never spent so much money in my life over these past 12 months buying up stuff. All in all, about $480,000 in cash was put to work. Hope we don’t go through a double dip!

What did you end up buy Monevator?

By: Economy and your Finances Carnival Oct 11 2009

Economy and your Finances Carnival Oct 11 2009 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:04:06 +0000

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By: The Investor

The Investor — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:51:08 +0000

@Dan, You’re a man after my own heart! Being near fully-invested, I’ve found myself trading about with the active portion of my portfolio, which is never a great idea. My problem is I believe shares should have rallied, but I’m not sure I believe the shares that *have* rallied should have rallied! (“Dash to trash” and all that). Caught it with the index trackers, but hopefully a rotation into the decent, low-debt dividend paying value-ish companies I tend to hold is on the cards.

@Lee, that’s an interesting perspective — that I might have relished the fact that I would have a challenge on my hands? Doesn’t go well with the idea of emotionless investing, but for those of us who dabble with active trading at the fringes, it’s probably true (not that it makes it right! )

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:29:11 +0000

As human beings we perform at our peak during “disaster”; when the chips are down, our survivalist instinct takes over. This can manifest itself in many different ways, depending on individual circumstances, but finance is certainly one way that we can (later on) relish our achievement in rebuilding.

By: Dan Gravell

Dan Gravell — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:59:28 +0000

Couldn’t agree more. I was 70% in equities before the big collapse in October and even as I was losing money I was positively relishing the situation.

The lower prices got, the tastier the equity investment got, and so I began drip feeding the other 30% in cash into the market and by February I was fully invested.

I made a bit over the past few months but I can’t see it continuing. Despite the money made, higher prices always disappoint because they suggest poorer future returns. Maybe that says something about me as an investor… always looking to some bright future, never enjoying what I have achieved so far!