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That is the point of this system. Good luck!I rolled over a 401k to an ira at the beginning of Dec. The funds are currently sitting in cash. I am trying to decide when to put the funds back in. This may help me decide.
The options in my retirement accounts are very limited. So I choose a large cap stock fund that is primarily US based.Do you purchase a basket of individual stocks of your choosing, or an S&P fund managed by your 401k service provider? Its an interesting idea that I could see myself playing around with.
We won't. [See previous post.]
The S&P 500 monthly price closed beneath the 20 month moving average again at the end of February. Thus we will remain in cash equivalents in our slow-trade retirement accounts.
We have been in cash for a full 10 months and are now guaranteed to stay in cash for at least 11 months. We will check back in on March 31st to make our next decision.
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and missing an opportunity to take profits. Too often one holds til it's over and done with.[Slow and boring, but it beats buy-and-hold.]
IT HAS OCCURRED!!
The S&P 500 Monthly price chart has closed higher than the 20 month moving average.
S&P 500 Close = 4180.12
20 Month MA = 4168.81
Accordingly, I will move back to 100% stocks in my Slow Trade retirement accounts immediately. We were in cash for 13 months, and now will be in stocks for at least 1 month when we will check again at the end of June.
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I do. I prefer a large cap fund because it should closely mimic my proxy S&P 500 index.Do you put your $$ in one fund when you reenter the market
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How do you 'pick' your stocks?Oh. To anyone who stumbles across this thread I would like to stipulate:
This system does not predict anything. That S&P closed above its 20 month moving average does not predict that it will go higher. This system is not predictive. It is simply reactive.
If S&P closes June below the 20 month moving average, I will simply move back into cash. It costs me nothing to take this action, as in no commissions or fees. So with this system we will adapt to whatever is happening.
No predictions.
How do you 'pick' your stocks?
I only trade in and out of whatever large cap US stock fund is available in my retirement accounts.Ones that resemble the S&P 500, like large cap US stock funds.
dpong, your thread is the only one that makes logical sense in the trading world.