I could use some input from seasoned investors!

[VRBeauty]

Late last year and early this year the stock markets were far below recent averages. I took the opportunity to invest some of the money I had sitting on the sidelines. I felt strongly that the markets woul regain some of their losses pretty quickly, so it was fairly easy for me to invest (mostly in indicator funds) at that time.

I''m finding it much harder to move money into the markets now that they''re going up steadily/ I guess I''m just a bargain hunter at heart, and I''m wondering if I should invest now that it''s no longer clear that the market is a bargain.

So... I''d appreciate any tips you seasoned investors have for continuing to invest in the market(s) at a steady rate. even when it''s not clear that I''m getting a really, really good bargain. Or should I go back to stuffing that money under my mattress?

Thanks in advance!

 

[VRBeauty]

Still open to suggestions....

 

[kama_s]

Have you considered investing in companies with a set dividend/output? While you won''t make a million $ out of your investments, you''ll still get a relatively consistent yield.

I don''t know much about investments, my husband has been playing the market for years so I let him manage it, but if you''d like I can ask him if you have any specific question.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 8/6/2009 9:52:43 PM
Author: VRBeauty

Still open to suggestions....

easy, just do the opposite of what i do. i've been shorting the financials in the past 4 months and getting kill.

also been buying oil refineries like VLO,TSO and SUN. these companies pays pretty good dividends.

IMO the market is overdue for a pull back it has gone straight up w/o a correction.

 

[VRBeauty]

oops

 

[VRBeauty]

Date: 8/7/2009 12:58:01 AM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 8/6/2009 9:52:43 PM

easy, just do the opposite of what i do. i''ve been shorting the financials in the past 4 months and getting kill.

also been buying oil refineries like VLO,TSO and SUN. these companies pays pretty good dividends.


IMO the market is overdue for a pull back it has gone straight up w/o a correction.

So DF -- are you going to jump in if/when the market does pull back?

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 8/7/2009 2:06:23 AM
Author: VRBeauty

Date: 8/7/2009 12:58:01 AM
Author: Dancing Fire

Date: 8/6/2009 9:52:43 PM

easy, just do the opposite of what i do. i''ve been shorting the financials in the past 4 months and getting kill.

also been buying oil refineries like VLO,TSO and SUN. these companies pays pretty good dividends.


IMO the market is overdue for a pull back it has gone straight up w/o a correction.

So DF -- are you going to jump in if/when the market does pull back?

i''m always in the market,just have no luck lately with going long or short.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Thursday is the new Friday.....LOL !!

 

[Regular Guy]

VRB, I have no wisdom of any kind...and have just stayed in, to have gotten killed, and have stayed in to have gotten the bump up as that''s come, too.

So, conservatively...dollar cost averaging in at a steady pace, unless you have a better idea, is a way to go...but is not consistent with your original philosophy of reacting to the market in the first place. Who is right? Darned if I know.