winindthedust

Is This Rally in Its Final Innings?

That's because some are there to help, others are there to manipulate. You have to figure it out yourself, which you've done a good job with. I've seconded your position.

On May 07 06:23 PM Greyowl wrote:

> I do not want to offend anybody, but I am sure that I'll get a lot
> of negative evaluations as my impression is that I am in the theater
> of absurd.
>
> For all the time I have been at SA, I have been reading well reasoned
> articles that "S&P is going to 500!", "No, 450", "New lows",
> "Short the market NOW". Just a week ago - "Sell in May, go away!"
> I’d say 4 out of 5 articles are definitely bearish. On the other
> side of the fence is very few like Cetin who just repeats the same
> mantra without ...good arguments like the other side
>
> Well, I am that sucker who is supposed to be robbed by this market.
> I have been stupid enough NOT to follow the consensus of gloom. I
> survived March 9 and so far is up 42% YTD, just by investing and
> keeping my stops tight. This week I didn’t “go away” and made 30%
> of my profit.
>
> I have been eager to learn, but my scientific scepticism puts this
> into perspective – what can I learn from these guys if it looks that
> they are wrong with their predictions? And still praising each other
> with analyses well done? Not a good sign – if a working hypothesis
> does not work, you do not stick to it.
>
> I still have a lot of respect for all you, guys. I like charting
> and respect your knowledge – well, I analyze data at work all the
> time and like visualizing my analysis.
>
> But I am confused – maybe my ignorance is bliss?
>
> I appreciate any, even extremely negative comments. I just want
> to undertsand...