Neural Market Trends

Using Rapidminer to model trends in the financial markets

Entries Tagged ‘401K’

Stock Market Goes On Sale

Say what you want about Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, but he’s a smart man. I could help but laugh when I read this line from an interview with The Street.com (emphasis mine):
“I haven’t been this bullish in years,” says Kiyosaki. “What a buying opportunity. … The stock market goes [...]

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Grading My Portfolio Risk

Reader sc suggested I check out the American Association of Individual Investors and poke through their portfolio scans and risk analysis. In the end I signed up as a member of AAII and Riskgrades to help analyze my portfolio risk for my 401k and IRA holdings.
Overall I really like Riskgrades! My initial analysis [...]

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Achieving Financial Critical Mass (FCM)

I left work late on Friday because I got distracted running Monte Carlo simulations on our 401k accounts. I’m on a quest to refine my retirement plan of achieving Financial Critical Mass, something I heard about from Bob Brinker many years ago.

Financial Critical Mass is defined as the capital you need in your retirement [...]

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Oil at $139? DOW down 300 Points? Screw That! Today Was A BUY!

My market timing model was in full swing today and it flashed a BUY. Today was a lot of carnage and I suspect that we could go even lower from here. I hope everyone has their stops in place, :).
Normally I wouldn’t move any money in the market until the low at 1276 [...]

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My Trading and Investment Strategy

Yesterday I got a great email from Digital Dude who asked me why I didn’t use a stop when I went long Citigroup @ $42/share and does buying more, now, make it right? I responded by saying that my strategy for long term is different than my short term one. Soon after I posted my [...]

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S&P500 Trend Snapshot

This is just a quick snapshot to see where the S&P500 is going. My long term S&P500 neural net model initiated a SELL signal on 2/28/08 (for 2/29 open) and maintains the short position for today’s open. I guess my Monte Carlo simulation, with its bias to the downside, is being proven correct. [...]

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The Boeing Company (BA) - Flying High or Crashing?

The Boeing Company (BA) was flying high for a while but recently has been dragged down through this market correction. BA is generally a popular stock and its even been showcased on Wallstrip last week, right before they lost a $40 billion dollar contract to their rival Northrop Grumman. This is a slap [...]

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