{"id":369,"date":"2009-09-23T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T20:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/?p=369"},"modified":"2009-09-23T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T20:38:18","slug":"the-continuing-market-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knuetter.com\/christian\/2009\/09\/23\/the-continuing-market-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"The continuing market rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the current state of my finances<\/a>, and how\/what I had done in the past year.<\/p>\n

Since that post, the market has continued on its rally and is now up even more.\u00a0 It’s to the point where one has to question when things will settle off a bit.\u00a0 This is where the emotions of the stock market start to get to me..\u00a0 I wonder whether I should pull out some of my gains and set them on the sidelines for what must be the inevitable reset that’s just around the corner.\u00a0 Or is it?<\/p>\n

Here’s a snapshot of a few of the funds\/stocks that I had purchased earlier this year, and their performance since I made those purchases:<\/p>\n\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n<\/col>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
FSMKX<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nSPARTAN 500 INDEX INVESTOR CLASS <\/span><\/td>\n18.47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GOOG<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nGOOGLE INC CL A <\/span><\/td>\n74.78%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JABAX<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nJANUS BALANCED FUND CLASS J <\/span><\/td>\n20.99%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JAHYX<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nJANUS HIGH YIELD FUND CLASS J <\/span><\/td>\n25.67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JAOSX<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nJANUS OVERSEAS FUND CLASS J <\/span><\/td>\n18.47%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VGSIX<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nVANGUARD REIT INDEX FUND <\/span><\/td>\n32.07%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WAMUQ<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nWASHINGTON MUTUAL INC <\/span><\/td>\n-89.96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YHOO<\/a> <\/span><\/td>\nYAHOO INC <\/span><\/td>\n67.62%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note that even my loser pick Washington Mutual – which I purchased prior to the downfall last year – is off from it’s overall lows (where I was down about 96%).<\/p>\n

The problem I have, I guess, is that I’ve already got (I feel) a pretty diversified portfolio (this table only represents a portion of my overall holdings) – so other than cash (where it will earn nothing) I wouldn’t know where to put the money once I pull it out of the market..<\/p>\n

So in the market it will stay, and I’ll continue to hope that the fast climb won’t soon be met with a fast decline.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear what others are considering.<\/p>\n

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