Who exactly is buying?

oldtime · May 17, 2013

now, no one ever addressed the question, "Is it better to short SPY or ES?"

Lord.Maushi · May 17, 2013

Quote from Visaria:

Is it better to buy SPY or buy the equivalent in ES?

If you need margin or leverage, ES, otherwise SPY.

the1 · May 17, 2013

Not making any money? LOL. Read a few of my previous posts and perhaps you'll see I have a clue. As to the topic of volatility....the current market pales in comparison to historical levels of volatility. The VIX, for example, (a second-fiddle way of measuring volatility by any standard but it will suffice for now) is hovering near 10-year lows. I'd go a little further into the topic but I doubt you'd have a clue as to what I'm talking about.

Quote from zdreg:

that is the reason you are not making money. you don't see the volatility. put skin in the game and the volatility will appear.

dealmaker · May 17, 2013

Quote from S2007S:

I just want to know when a market is considered fairly valued, is it spx 1700, 1750, 2000, 2500, 5000?

Its not your average investor who is making a salary of $50,000, they have been very left out in this almost 150%+ increase in stocks over the last 4+ years!

With so many Central Banks providing easing eg Fed, UK, Japan, Switzerland, Korea, ECB I doubt even if they know what fair value to the markets are.

hayman · May 17, 2013

Quote from EqtTrdr:

I love 100% up room to go with ZERO risk $$$$$$ free money$$$$

Yeah, LOL. Market soars on any whiff of good news, and market holds on any bad news. We could have a nuclear war break out at this point, and the market would hold. Ben Bernanke should definitely be nominated as the Man of the Year, don't you think?

oldtime · May 17, 2013

Quote from hayman:

Yeah, LOL. Market soars on any whiff of good news, and market holds on any bad news. We could have a nuclear war break out at this point, and the market would hold. Ben Bernanke should definitely be nominated as the Man of the Year, don't you think?

??? what really does business have to do with the news?

the economy has always been bad

news is usually always bad

that doesn't stop people from starting a new business

and people who have money from investing in them

I know I wouldn't invest with you if everytime you read bad news you decided to sell your business

Visaria · May 17, 2013

I read that when the news of JFK being assassinated in 1963 came out, the market went down initially but then went back to new highs for the year.

Listen to the tone of the market, bad news has been coming out, market only goes down a few points and then recovers. It's a bull market, whether one likes it or not.

zdreg · May 17, 2013

Quote from the1:

Not making any money? LOL. Read a few of my previous posts and perhaps you'll see I have a clue. As to the topic of volatility....the current market pales in comparison to historical levels of volatility. The VIX, for example, (a second-fiddle way of measuring volatility by any standard but it will suffice for now) is hovering near 10-year lows. I'd go a little further into the topic but I doubt you'd have a clue as to what I'm talking about.

' I'd go a little further into the topic but I doubt you'd have a clue as to what I'm talking about."

when you personalize people know that you are holding a losing hand.

ehsmama · May 17, 2013

Quote from dealmaker:

With so many Central Banks providing easing eg Fed, UK, Japan, Switzerland, Korea, ECB I doubt even if they know what fair value to the markets are.

Fair Value - 2542

Lucrum · May 17, 2013

Quote from Visaria:

I read that when the news of JFK being assassinated in 1963 came out, the market went down initially but then went back to new highs for the year.

Listen to the tone of the market, bad news has been coming out, market only goes down a few points and then recovers. It's a bull market, whether one likes it or not.

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