Droppin’ & Poppin’ with the Crash

Oops!

I predicted a nice rally this week.

WRONG!

I even thought Citi would surpass expectations and blow the market away.

WRONG

The stock actually went up Tuesday morning but dropped hard yesterday and today.

Shucks. If this market has seen its worst two-day drop since October, what the heck am I so happy about?

Valuation, baby.

You know what the difference between cheap and frugal is?

Cheap means you only buy things by the look of the price. If it’s too high, you won’t buy.

Frugal means you spend your money wisely, buying only when you see great value in something.

Sure, I’m a little loopy but I absolutely love the market losing nearly 400 points this week so far.

Why?

Well, why not? See, I don’t pay attention to numbers much, at least not what the media and all the financial websites are dishing out. Don’t think I never take the numbers into consideration but I just don’t flip out or give too much of my focus to them.

Numbers change. A lot. They change so much they’re out of every single investor’s control. Whether or not they’re right or wrong doesn’t matter as it still comes down to the companies and their values.

Goldman Sachs (GS) posts great numbers and it drops hard after Obama announces new regulation rules for the banks. Goldman has been whacked before and it got killed again. But all that means is maybe you should pick up some shares and watch yourself profit.

And don’t forget all the gold stocks that have lost a good portion of their profits in the last month. Today would seem like a lovely time to pick up ABX, AEM, AUY, FCX, GG and NEM.

Not only that but we saw Apple (AAPL) jump more than $9 Tuesday and it loses almost all of it Wednesday and Thursday. They report Monday, have an announcement coming up next Wednesday with Steve Jobs rumored to be the speaker. Um, doesn’t Apple look enticing at $208.

With the market acting volatile as it has over the last two years, it’s impossible to predict what’s definitely going to occur. Heck, Apple could even disappoint on Monday and end its amazing run of increasing earnings reports for what seems to be a hundred quarters in a row.

If that happens, the stock will probably fall pretty hard which means you may want to sell, right? Actually, it’d probably be a wonderful time to buy even more with the Tablet on the way.

As long as the market stays about 10000, I think we’ll be okay and the pullback is actually healthy. Stocks could have had an exaggerated run but only the stocks for companies that don’t have great numbers. For those with cash and good books, the pullback feels like a great opportunity to me.

Don’t believe anyone or anything you hear on television or read on the internet. All of these people are paid to do a job and they’ll do it no matter if they’re bearish or bullish, spinning their opinions in the direction of the position they’ve taken.

In conclusion, I think the decline in the markets this week and and parts of last week are a little overblown and ripe for making some profits. In fact, I believe we’ll see another small rally starting after today’s closing bell when Google reports. I purchased some shares in this morning ahead of what I expect to be a good report. Again, I could be completely wrong but I’ll take my chances and play ball.

Will you?

*Author owns positions in Citi, Yamana Gold, Apple and Google