Was it just me that got smoked in the market today?

[Snuff_the_Rooster]

YTD, the TSX is up 2.02%!!!!

We're in the money!!!!

lol. Buy and Hold baby!, lol.

[Square Root]

I would say most dividend investors fall into that category too. They aren't too concerned with daily ups and downs of the market, as long as the company maintains its dividend and they get their monthly or quarterly cheque, there really isn't alot to panic about on a daily basis.

This would describe me. My divs are very secure and I don't worry much about the daily stock price movements. 4% yield plus maybe 5-7% cap appreciation. Good enough for me. Haven't sold anything in about 2 years.

[GoldStone]

YTD, the TSX is up 2.02%!!!!

That's price return. You forgot the dividends. YTD total return is 4.52%. Nothing to get excited about, but better than kick in the teeth.

[Dibs]

Lots of red today! Maybe it is time to revive this thread.

[andrewf]

Gold is plummeting. No one should be surprised--it has been below its 200 SMA since December.

[SkyFall]

Terrible day for me AUQ.to worst stock I ever hold is killing me it's down over 10% happy to see that BB.to is still holding even tho it just dropped few days ago.

[james4beach]

Actually all commodities have been weak for a few months now.

The recent heavy selling seems to go beyond gold, and involves energy too (looking at USO and DBC)

The serious concern I now have is, if commodities can decline so much in spite of unprecedented huge central bank action (USA & Japan)... why should stocks be any safer? Commodities could be reflecting weakness in the global economy, and ineffectiveness of money printing as a route to 'recovery'

[doctrine]

My Canadian portfolio is showing down 0.8%. Once again not regretting having no materials and lower than average energy holdings.

Remember, the best cure for high commodity prices is low commodity prices.