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Old February 28th, 2008, 09:50 PM
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Here is my 401k allocation currently.


Here is my YTD performance. Thank god I shifted gears on October 3rd. I saved 10-20% on the down move.


Here are the fund options I have available to me.



















Thanks for any input you guys might have.
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RGAEX, FDIVX, PTTRX. I like these
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The three I like. Great score on dorsey and the trend is obvious. I also drew a line at different areas of support.







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Now down 10.7% for the year.
I really need to shift to the safer plays perhaps.
I'll look into this again early next week if the market dosen't bounce. :-\
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http://stockcharts.com/charts/perfor...gx,fdivx,pttrx

Performance comparison on all the below listed funds.
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3.5% down on the year at this point.
I'm looking at the funds now and will re balance a bit further.
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Crawling back...now down 0.4% this year. Cmon market, be bullish so I can flip at the top again and do better the next wave down. I'm still get kind of bummed about where I re-entered when I look at the chart. Oh well, free 15-20% isn't bad for a vehicle not meant to be traded I suppose.
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Back to -3.8% for the year. I was ready to pull out when we smacked the overhead index ma's but decided it's not worth trying to time it and to pay the fees.

At this point I'm content with my positions though I'm now looking at the charts again to see if I should shift my future contributions around.
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-8.2% for the year.

I just put an order to sell half my IM holdings and am moving proceeds 50/50 to FEQIX and ARTVX.

IM is coming up on major monthly resistance and I'll hold a small bit in case it breaks...cause if it does it will be a major move. But odds are against that loooong consolidation breaking. Also monthly stoch is rather high and starting to curl.


FEQIX is right at that monthly 200ma support and stoch is rather low with some divergence on the prior low of this trend.


ARTVX monthly macd looks good to me and it's near a potential breakout which could yield a big move.


Feel free to critique, I hope to get some feedback.
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I moved out of much of my IM holdings in my 401k on 8/15 at $19.80...pshewww.

Overall 401k is down -18.8% for the year.
Unlike the whiners crying about how much they've lost I take the blame. I pegged the 14k top and moved back in prematurely so blame is on me. It's not the governments job to bail me out, it's my money and I am in charge of managing it. Had I stayed in bond funds since back on October 3rd last year when I pulled out of risky funds imagine what I would have done for myself. FYI I re-invested the last week in December - first week of January. I did save myself 10-20% last year by pegging that top so I've mitigated my losses to about half what they could have been.



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