How many of you are getting Slaughtered at the Market?

[pyotr]

Or how many of you are making money at this time? If so, which funds or stocks are particularly helping or killing you right now? Ones that are doing good for me right now are my cash/bonds, the international funds and a couple of mid-cap funds. Everything else is getting murdered. I'm thinking about buying some total market index funds if things get more ugly.

[BTC]

My mutual funds are taking it in the rear. Actually, most all of my stock investments are getting hammered. If I were 65-70, I might be freaking out. I have most of my 401K in an emerging markets fund. It had been kicking quite a bit of butt until the last several weeks. Now, it's taking a butt kicking.

[sweeps]

Yup, down here too. Anyone who isn't down in the last month is (a) hiding in a bunker (CDs), (b) damn lucky, or (c) lying.

It just depends on what you've invested in.







and no, I don't own it, I am pushing my butt around in a wheelchair just like most everyone else.

[Bluezy]

I'm taking somewhat of a beating but not as bad as it could have been. My Berkshire Hathaway Class B ETF's have been high since the bear market started. Even my emerging markets in T Rowe Price IRA have only been down 15%. The majority of my monies are in cash and I'm riding out the bear with high yeild savings until it's time to re-invest.

[Crystallas]

Yeah, Im feeling it too. But I have had a couple of short buys that made up for some losses.
Im watching on some companies to hit a target low so I can double in on them, then sell out of them on a rally. But I only have a few in my portfolio that are capable.

It looks like we wont get much grasp on short terms until after Independance day, if at all soon.

[autoxer]

My retirement savings (401k & Roth) are down almost 10% from their peak in april. JNJ has kept my brokerage account in better shape, but my shares in HPQ are dropping.

It feels like a good time to make my Roth contribution though, so I can rebound a little stronger.

[Ima saver]

I think everybody is down!!

I use the Davis NY Venture fund to cover my large cap quota in my 401(k), it's done a fair job weathering the storm (still up just a smidge for the year, but the way today is going, that may change tonight).

However...my international funds have been crucified through all this!

To go from having been up about 13 - 15% so far for the year to clinging like grim death to the black...ouch.

[VJW]

Originally Posted by Sweepsplayer

Anyone who isn't down in the last month is (a) hiding in a bunker (CDs), (b) damn lucky, or (c) lying.

Or (d), they are not in the broad market (like me) but only in selective stocks that are either up, stayed the same, or havent declined YET.

:]

[jmjj215]

To the original question:

[jmjj215]

Originally Posted by VJW

Or (d), they are not in the broad market (like me) but only in selective stocks that are either up, stayed the same, or havent declined YET.

:]

What are some stocks you're in? Maybe we'll all buy some and boost the price even further

[sweeps]

Originally Posted by VJW

Or (d), they are not in the broad market (like me) but only in selective stocks that are either up, stayed the same, or havent declined YET.

:]

Still could be (b)

[VJW]

Yep. I did write “YET”.

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[katwoman]

IRA's are in BOT which goes up and down. And I sold CAH @ 60 to get into BOT!

Then there is NYSE that is down some as well.

We're just going to have to tough it out, I guess.

[jmjj215]

Originally Posted by VJW

Yep. I did write “YET”.

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I still want to hear a few of the stocks.

[VJW]

Sure. I was on my way out earlier.

Well, I posted most of what I was holding some time back, so here’s the update:

* The bulk of my investments are still in my I-Bonds, as they’re paying 6.83%, which is still not too shabby these days.

* I sold the Novell in January at over $9, which was at least a double.

* I sold the Google in January at well over $400, which was more than a quadruple. It went higher, but not with me, it was getting nutz.

* I still have the Whole Foods, which I bought around $60 and it’s currently about $60, but of course it split 2 for 1, so it’s in very good shape.

* I still own Convera, but I’ve been in and out of it, although unexpectedly. When it went over $15, I put in a sell order if it hit $19, which I did not expect it to do. But it did. I bought it back for something over $6 just a couple weeks ago. The stock had gotten way ahead of itself based upon some good news from the company. It’s still a long shot considering the technology.

* I own United Community Financial Corp, which owns Home Savings & Loan bank and a recently purchased brokerage firm. It fluctuates in the $11 to $13 range, but I originally bought it at $4, so it’s a brick house. Looking for them to buy more stuff, like some other banks or S&Ls.

* I did some shorts, but I don’t think I should mention them, with the risk and all.

Considering the moves that Buffett, Gates, Soros, and other billionaires have made into other currencies, due to their concern that our gargantuan federal debt and trade deficits will have on the dollar, there is a certain European fund that looks interesting, but I’ll post more about that after I make the investment.

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what a great play on Whole Foods VJW.

having grown up in Texas and being rabidly dragged regularly to the store in Austin by my then girlfriend not so much to shop there but just to "go" there, I'd like to think I'd have seen that coming. it was Peter Lynch's "shopping for stocks at the mall" thesis playing out right in front of me.


ah well, 20/20 hindsight and all that.

[jmjj215]

That's an impressive list. What's your criteria for selecting? Do you have any losers as well?

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by pyotr

Or how many of you are making money at this time? If so, which funds or stocks are particularly helping or killing you right now?

I just pulled up YTD returns on my 6 funds: 4 stock, 1 bond, 1 real estate.

The 4 stock funds have YTD returns of 0.86%, 5.57, 14.11 and 14.85.

The 1 bond fund is -0.94.

The 1 real estate fund is 8.41.

Overall, not so bad.