Where to put cash in January

[murray t turtle]

You'll probably miss out more sitting it out than it correcting and still moving up. If you're about to retire that's different. You could do CD's. They get decent rates for longer term ones.

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Good points;
even though thats a slow loser due to inflation. I do like local bank CD better than bonds, federal bonds, even though they pay pay a bit less;i like a little muni bonds better than other stuff.
Trend following beats ''hunches, gut feel , personal opinions'' so much; i dont sell much every week \sell some+ buy some .
3-6 month saVings/rest in guns ammo/ETFs, sso,QLD,SPXL,UPRO,
cash etfs.....................................
NOT a prediction +not insured by any federal agency. Some local bank insured stuff

 

[Nine_Ender]

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Good points;
even though thats a slow loser due to inflation. I do like local bank CD better than bonds, federal bonds, even though they pay pay a bit less;i like a little muni bonds better than other stuff.
Trend following beats ''hunches, gut feel , personal opinions'' so much; i dont sell much every week \sell some+ buy some .
3-6 month saVings/rest in guns ammo/ETFs, sso,QLD,SPXL,UPRO,
cash etfs.....................................
NOT a prediction +not insured by any federal agency. Some local bank insured stuff

A swing trading perspective with some day trades mixed in. I move to longer holds or cash when opportunities dry up.

Daily surges and declines in markets are very valuable in determining what stocks are keepers and what to dump. I try to sell the weaker cousins on any recovery moves and try my hardest not to overtrade the longer term value plays. Every single energy stock drop this year has been bought up plus more and occasionally I sell the wrong stocks as a risk management exercise.

Basically my challenge in this market is dumping the bad stocks at a managed loss and finding ways to stay invested in good value without getting too sector concentrated. Hard to do when one realizes the gains that could have made simply by being balls to the wall long energy stocks since October 2020 and held nothing else. I did really well in Copper and Silver miners at times but lost a big chunk of those gains later in 2021 ( gold/silver/copper miners; includes unrealized losses ). I harvest cash when I get a limited surge in anything.

Cdn energy is still great value, but of course choppy lately. Still several 52 week highs late this week prove the strength is still there. Copper miners I think will surge again at some point. I don't like the Silver space at all except short term range bound trades. Quality Gold miners are interesting because they are cheap but when we will get that inflation trade in earnest because otherwise its dead money or worse.

If we get a December rally, I may consider going to 50-70% for some combination of cash + day trading highly liquid etfs on index or sector moves. I'll play my energy weight as market dictates ( eg commodity prices, stock price trend ). Depends on how many underwater stocks I can liquidate ( ironic to say that when my account is up a ton this year but I take profits on energy quite frequently ).

 

[Overnight]

A swing trading perspective with some day trades mixed in. I move to longer holds or cash when opportunities dry up.

Daily surges and declines in markets are very valuable in determining what stocks are keepers and what to dump. I try to sell the weaker cousins on any recovery moves and try my hardest not to overtrade the longer term value plays. Every single energy stock drop this year has been bought up plus more and occasionally I sell the wrong stocks as a risk management exercise...

Cramer had a great rundown of next week's Fed chatter during his C block, but can find only 2 minutes of it.

 

[Pezza]

I know it's only a small amount of the balance but I would put your full £50K allowance into premium bonds. They are safe and will have some sort of return.