Comments on: Is it a bull market? http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market Diary of a virgin share trader - buy the ticket, take the ride. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: virgin trader http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-20 virgin trader Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:10:36 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-20 Trader hi, I agree totally. Here is an extract from a Money week magazine article on the web this afternoon in reply to those saying the glory days are back. ........we are desperate to be bullish ..... But given the way bank crises usually pan out we just can't see this market as anything but an accident waiting to happen. - MoneyWeek A Virgin Trader hi,

I agree totally. Here is an extract from a Money week magazine article on the web this afternoon in reply to those saying the glory days are back.

……..we are desperate to be bullish ….. But given the way bank crises usually pan out we just can’t see this market as anything but an accident waiting to happen. – MoneyWeek

A Virgin

]]> By: The Trader http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-19 The Trader Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-19 v I think they are delusional but they are rich and I am poor. All the news today is about France and Germany emerging from recession – it is simply not true. A recession is two consecutive quarters of negative growth so surely being out of a recession requires two consecutive quarters of positive growth? But no one wants to be rational about it. The FTSE fell 3200 points from peak to trough. It has now recovered 2000 points from that bottom – two thirds back to the peak – I am sorry I cannot see how that is justified. I fear the gory days are on the horizon rather than the glory days. The Trader v
I think they are delusional but they are rich and I am poor. All the news today is about France and Germany emerging from recession – it is simply not true. A recession is two consecutive quarters of negative growth so surely being out of a recession requires two consecutive quarters of positive growth? But no one wants to be rational about it.

The FTSE fell 3200 points from peak to trough. It has now recovered 2000 points from that bottom – two thirds back to the peak – I am sorry I cannot see how that is justified.

I fear the gory days are on the horizon rather than the glory days.

The Trader

]]> By: virgin trader http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-18 virgin trader Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:18:25 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-18 Trader, I will be waiting until this current feeding frenzy stops before I press any buy buttons. It looks like investors are piling into all sorts of stocks at the moment . A virgin must not take any risks. Wait and see what happens next week. V Trader,

I will be waiting until this current feeding frenzy stops before I press any buy buttons. It looks like investors are piling into all sorts of stocks at the moment .

A virgin must not take any risks. Wait and see what happens next week.

V

]]> By: The Trader http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-17 The Trader Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:11:26 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-17 Virgin, It is difficult to stay on the sidelines at times like this but you are, I think avoiding involvement in a feeding frenzy, panic buying. At these times the market is like an auction where people lose reason – I have been to auctions where people get caught up in the hysteria and buy second hand items for double the price they would pay for new. The Trader Virgin,
It is difficult to stay on the sidelines at times like this but you are, I think avoiding involvement in a feeding frenzy, panic buying.

At these times the market is like an auction where people lose reason – I have been to auctions where people get caught up in the hysteria and buy second hand items for double the price they would pay for new.

The Trader

]]> By: Paul http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-16 Paul Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:16:57 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-16 Its all about low trading volumes, usually associated with a temporary blip in a longer bear market rather than a genuine recovery. This is no recovery? paul - Trader blimp Its all about low trading volumes, usually associated with a temporary blip in a longer bear market rather than a genuine recovery. This is no recovery?

paul – Trader blimp

]]> By: virgin trader http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-12 virgin trader Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:42:29 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-12 Trader, I was slowly coming to the same opinion over the weekend. Watch and wait. A virgin Trader,

I was slowly coming to the same opinion over the weekend. Watch and wait.

A virgin

]]> By: The Trader http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-11 The Trader Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:40:03 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-11 This morning they they had a technical analyst who confirmed the views I have expressed about the current market rally being as a result of thin volumes – he said they were the thinnest for five years. He compared the current bear run bounce with similar trading patterns in past recessions and concluded that the bounce will run out of steam this Friday. That is very precise but the guy who followed him on the wireless said he agreed there would be a realignment of the market but not exactly on Friday. I have been convinced this up tick has been unsustainable and I think if you are going to buy for real you should wait until this small bubble pops. Trader This morning they they had a technical analyst who confirmed the views I have expressed about the current market rally being as a result of thin volumes – he said they were the thinnest for five years. He compared the current bear run bounce with similar trading patterns in past recessions and concluded that the bounce will run out of steam this Friday. That is very precise but the guy who followed him on the wireless said he agreed there would be a realignment of the market but not exactly on Friday.

I have been convinced this up tick has been unsustainable and I think if you are going to buy for real you should wait until this small bubble pops.

Trader

]]> By: Steve http://www.avirgintrader.com/index.php/archives/is-it-a-bull-market/comment-page-1#comment-10 Steve Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:35:10 +0000 http://www.avirgintrader.com/?p=162#comment-10 From what I understand it is fragile. Volumes are thin. So it may come back to bite. Stevie From what I understand it is fragile. Volumes are thin. So it may come back to bite.
Stevie

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