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Am I the Only One With Losing Stocks?

March 23, 2007 by Thomas Mullooly

In my previous message, I talked about how we moved to defense
twice in 2004, but it seemed the market didn’t go down either time.

If the markets weren’t going down, why get defensive?

It’s an example of where the “generals” stay to fight, but the
“soldiers” were leaving the battlefield.

Sometimes, when the market is on defense, the major indexes, like
the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 remain flat.  But you still lose
money in individual stocks.

It’s important to remember that the Dow Jones is a basket of just
30 stocks — 30 stocks that we may not own.

And the S&P 500 index is a “cap-weighted index.”  The largest
names — the top 25 names in the S&P 500 — control approximately
36% of the weight in the index.

Meaning the remaining 475 stocks in the S&P 500 — combined —
represent 64% of the index.  If the big names at the top of the
list are flat, it looks like the market is going nowhere.

But YOU might be feeling like you’re the only guy or gal in the
world losing money.

Remember, there are times when the indicator will tell us to play
defense, but it appears that the markets really don’t go down at
all during that phase.

But your individual stocks may be getting crushed.

Tom

Thomas Mullooly
Mullooly Asset Management LLC
Our Only Business Is Fee-Only Investment Advice
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Filed Under: Asset Management, Stock Market Comments Tagged With: Dow Jones, S&P 500, sell signal, supply and demand

About Thomas Mullooly

Thomas Mullooly is owner and founder of Mullooly Asset Management, Inc. In 2002 Tom opened Mullooly Asset Management, a fee-only investment advisory firm. As an investment advisor, and not a broker, Tom works strictly for his clients. With the help of point and figure charting, Tom builds a realistic game plan for clients.

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