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[maineman]

SInce I'm still long off the summer "scare" at the SMA 200, I'm bored and have some free time. Catching up on some medical journals, found 2 very interesting pieces... You gotta love science as much as I do to appreciate these studies. First, a study in the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) that looked at a group of obese patients and split them into high carb, low carb, high protein, low protein diet groups. At the end of the study there was no advantage to one group over the other in terms of weight loss (no surprise here... eat less=weigh less). The surprise was that the expected benefit to reduction in LDL did not materialize in the low carb group. So it goes.. researchers conclusion? More research is necessary blah blah... Second, and much cooler was in the American Journal Of Medicine (The REAL heavy research/academic journal)... done by some of the heaviest hitters around (Dept Cardiology at St. Lukes, NYC and U FLorida, Gainesville.. big hitters..). They looked at the influence of BMI on outcomes in a high risk group of patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease and actually found a paradoxical PROTECTIVE affect in heavier (higher BMI) patients... this was an intensely "cared for" population, receiving optimal medical care. Conclusion? It ain't all what you think it is...... Going home to pig out... see y'all later... mm

[Jnavin]

Congratulations on your excellent timing at the 200-dma, maineman. Which stocks did you buy there? Looking back at your 8/16 posts I don't see a mention of a buy -- looks as if you thought "banks look pretty good" -- which ones did you end up buying?

[arbman]

Yes so much for science...

(funny)

[maineman]

Congratulations on your excellent timing at the 200-dma, maineman.
Which stocks did you buy there?
Looking back at your 8/16 posts I don't see a mention of a buy -- looks as if you thought "banks look pretty good" -- which ones did you end up buying?

j... I'm flattered that you went back through my posts. As you do, you will see that as the market swooned and the bears started growling all over this board, I made several posts suggesting that the doom and gloom was overdone. I told all that "I would eat my hat" if we weren't much higher within a few months. I continued to defend that position in subsequent posts. Not long ago when the market stalled and the bears zoomed to the forefront again I put up a post called "thoughts re: up" in the middle of a day's worth of posts predicting imminent collapse.

I've explained here before: I use a variation of the summation index for my primary directional. In the case of my lifetime holdings (i.e. my investments) I use the dips along the way to add to my holdings. I've also shared that for that I use a "value" approach, learned from Dave Dreman (of FOrbes). I keep lists, and put in bids when the market falls into support areas, like we did this summer. Would you like a list or copy of my IRA?

For my TRADING, I use the data in a different fashion. THis summer as the market swooned I bought OEX calls. I've bought and sold those many times since August.... dishing them out on surges and buying new ones on dips.

I'm sticking to my more recent posts regarding the breakout of the box....

mm