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3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare
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My experience has been that September and October are usually weak market months. Usually but not always. I keep dry powder so that if the weakness does materialize, I can take advantage of it.

This month has been a doozy of a weak October. There are several telling indicators, in addition to what is in front of your face, the market averages. In no particular order:

The VIX (volatility index) measures market fear. It got over 20 yesterday, which is a meaningful reading, exceeded in the last 3 years only by the major panic of Aug-Sep 2011. http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/advchar...e&state=11

The Fear and Greed index. It closed at 1 yesterday, on a range of 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed), which is as fearful as you can get. http://money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed/
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3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by TopRamenTrader - 09-16-2014, 10:13 PM
RE: 3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by cannew - 09-17-2014, 03:43 PM
RE: 3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by Robandcindy2 - 09-21-2014, 06:55 PM
RE: 3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by earthtodan - 09-21-2014, 08:23 PM
RE: 3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by earthtodan - 09-22-2014, 12:54 AM
RE: 3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by Robandcindy2 - 10-05-2014, 06:10 PM
RE: 3rd Q, 4th Q selling scare - by Be Here Now - 10-11-2014, 12:51 PM



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