I've gotten fed-up of waiting and expecting, hence I've put in steps to 'cover' all the periods of when they might hike. The only thing I need to do is to stay alert and when they actually hike, I have to observe if my view is in-line with what that actually happens during the 'knee-jerk window of opportunity', and how lomg will this window last ?

Then I need to time my actions to capitalise on the oportunity to load-up on the stocks that I need to load-up on (which I have identified earlier),... again,... assuming that my view is correct upon the hike.

That would be my strategy this time.

Well,... tq fro your inputs,.. but I beg to differ, even from the Feds' recommendation. I believe the following scenarios will take place instead :-

When the int rate is hiked fro the first time, that's a very impt signal that the chain of hiking has started. Historically, when the Feds start to hike int rates, they will move the rates up quite aggressively. It then becomes a norm already after that when the rates start to rise gradually, and during this period, the so-called opportunity of 'having stocks on bargain' in the bourse will not be as available as the point of time when the rate was first raised.

However, in case YOU ARE RIGHT instead, then I will have time on my side since the window of opportunity to buy will be longer, which is acceptable to me too.

Whether I am right are you are right, we will never know until we observe the events AFTER the first hike. The only snag is : if you are right, then the 'bargain period will be longer' and the stock price may fall further as time goes by. I would then have the challenge of timing the mkt accurately so that I can grab my targeted stocks at the cheapest possible price.

Hah,.. if we are going to drag China into the equation, then I will tell with 100% certainty that there will be no rate hike tomorrow. But, honestly, how much weightage will the Feds give to Chine in deciding whether to hike or not ? Perhaps this could be a very new variable that must be included into this equation already, the US never had China as a variable in all her rate hike polices previously. As I always say, times are different today.

With China in the equation now, and with a high weightage given to China to decide on the first rate hike and the subsequent hikes till normalization, then the stretch between the first hike till the last one may be stretched over many months, or years, perhaps ? I don't know yet, but I feel that we will be able to tell better after the first hike,.. by listening to the tone of the Feds Governors,....

You are an objective man, my friend,.. and I am proud to be a debating compadre with you,...

Yes, I agree with your final statement and I have performed the following : I have sold-off half of my ASX holdings and have converted them into the SGD. Now I'm waiting for the 'window of opportunity' to come. Along with this amt and with the SG divdiends that I have earned and accumulated, my warchest is READY !

I was earlier contemplating on converting back my SG dividends in order to buy-in more of the ASX units since they are so easy to get now,... I thought it was a no-brainer. However, that position has since evolved into selling-away from the ASX, and focussing more into the SG REITs,... because I believed a window of opportunity will again open for SG REITs.

Thank you, yok,... very good points. Hence, the only thing we can do is to prepare our warchest, and when the direction of the mkt finally shows itself, we are ready. On top of the above, we can do A LITTLE BIT MORE by looking at past numbers, historical events and current analyses to prepare ourselves, so as to spare ourselves the inconvenience of rushing to buy or sell when the signal appears.

We must be ready.

People... for this time's FOMC ann't - whether hike or not hike also, there will be strong mkt reactions, why ? Because time is running out for the Feds for a 2015 hike... Some mkt reactions have already shown itself yesterday and today.

No, I'm not talking abt the KLCI !

Citic Securities,...my friends,...they are gentlemen, they will pay the fines and serve whatever sentences.

Tq Rambo. For myself, I'm aiming for the SG REITs to fall to the levels defined in my TA/Charts. Hence, the worst that can happen to me would be the SG REITs do not fall to such levels, and I don't get to buy-in into such REITs at good prices to earn more SGD dividends.

I will lose out on opportunity costs, and may have to wait again !

Yeah,.. but sometimes, where patience creeps in into our investing strategy, and we wait too long, then our funds just sit there earning close to 0% (for SGD funds).At the same time, we see our targeted REITs running further and further away and we still have not bought in yet.

I'm holding long term, but I also wanted to buy at the best possible price to enhance the yield/return.

That strategy is obvious,.. but I would want to 'time the mkt' now because the mkt signals are strong enough to take advantage of.

As we sail towards 2.30am,... the three major futures on the NYSE have turned red. Sentiment is changing from what was seen yesterday.

For direct 'breaking' news, the best is to monitor Bloomberg. Start monitoring from 2.00 am onwards. Ms Yellen's speech is at 2.30 am early tomorrow morning.

The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P500 are all GREEN as of now !

THREE more hours to go ! They are now deliberating in the Federal Reserve Building for the final time after almost two days of mtg !

This post has been edited by Hansel: Sep 17 2015, 11:03 PM

Good morning.

You guys can really tahan,...

Good morning. You guys making good money there, and enjoying yourselves at the same time,... congrats,...

Dow closed at 16384 an hour ago, down by (-)290. AP mkts on MOnday will feel the aftermath,...prepare your bullets.

How strong is the conviction that this is the turning point for oil price ?

Change trading direction to LONG this time, huh ?

The prb is as bolded. They can always take on new short positions after they closed out the earlier ones.