Comments on: The euro crisis isn’t a global crisis–yet

By: DJBarber

DJBarber — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:21:44 +0000

Or am I mistaken, and this is just another part of what has always gone before? Am I crazy, or are we living through times, that we have NOT seen before ?

By: DJBarber

DJBarber — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:19:47 +0000

So, Jim. . .
In this market, and over the next 8 years, do you believe that “trend” investing will still work, or will we be forever subject to bubbles, debt problems, easy money and the problems they engender? i.e. crashes, corrections and finiancial mismanagement? A trend hardly has a chance !(Unless you make shorting a considerable part of your investment stratagy.)

Have you ever thought of giving up out of disgust of what the stock markets have become a reflection of?

By: DJBarber

DJBarber — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:05:33 +0000

OK, so I was being to Naive. . . (You may know this guy, and I thought I was pessimistic. . .)

“Growth won’t dig US out of this hole”
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/growth-wont-dig-us-out-of-this-hole.aspx

By: DJBarber

DJBarber — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:50:22 +0000

And the second part to my post-
I think once the debt issues have been addressed, once the EU (And its partners) have a plan, and IF the US can address some of our issues, the markets will return to climbing the normal wall of worry (I don’t think these current problems can be considered normal market worries, In my opinion these are somewhat extra-normal.)
I think after some extraordinarily scary times (5-15 months or so) we may end up in a place where Jims “finding the trends” start to vastly outperform the markets once again. I just think for the next several months (5-15) we are in for a very ugly roller coaster ride where (Those of us who have followed Jim for a long time, and have holdings that are still very profitable) may have a very hard time holding on…. But at least we can expect that at long last (Maybe?) we will see some action and leadership toward addressing some of the systemic problems that have rocked the markets for 14+ years.
Or am I being too naïve?

By: robert1234

robert1234 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:45:37 +0000

I read the financial magazines each Sunday at the bookstore, they implied that if/when UK defaults on it’s debt, that is a signal that USA is next.
As for US markets, my guru says we are very near a bottom, and we will see a jump up very soon.

Then, a leg back down. He says do not invest long term, unless we see a break above the previous highs.