whocouldshebe's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/280817/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/126795-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-more-bonuses-for-failure?source=feed#comment-432344 432344 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:38:49 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/109242-sometimes-a-blip-is-just-a-blip?source=feed#comment-320987 320987
The only reason the market ever rises is because we treat it like a casino game, play until you win a little then cash out and go home or throw more money on the table until you have to pull out and take a loss, either way the casino still makes a killing but someone somewhere goes home happy with your hard earned cash. If only people would see through the blanket of lies then we would have a free fall of true value corrections where stocks actually reflect what they are worth instead of what they might be worth if they actually win the lotto, but even if they succeed for a time, every expanding business will bust the bubble at some point.

People have forgotten stocks are just virtual items that carry no real worth, like coupons worth 1/1000th of a cent. Futures trailing on estimated earnings are a joke. Any company can only post more profit with a price increase or a cost drop, even if they were to make money at some point, then even a dumb manager would spend that gain on some expansion, then give himself a raise to offset any excess profit and keep the ball rolling. Such expansion is the only true way a business can succeed and overcome competitors in the long term. So price vs. value should always equal 1 to 1 otherwise it is overvalued. The free market is such a farce these days it makes me sick! Prices a 5 to 15 times trailing earnings, maybe you'll live long enough to see it, but at a realistic 5% gain per year?! Will you live to be 100?! Honestly! Wall Street must admit when stocks explode, it is just a bunch of lucky investors puffing hot air about hitting the triple 7 but don't be the one left behind when all the hype dies and prices make their corrections back to zero.

In short, I agree with you completely.]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:04:05 -0500
The only reason the market ever rises is because we treat it like a casino game, play until you win a little then cash out and go home or throw more money on the table until you have to pull out and take a loss, either way the casino still makes a killing but someone somewhere goes home happy with your hard earned cash. If only people would see through the blanket of lies then we would have a free fall of true value corrections where stocks actually reflect what they are worth instead of what they might be worth if they actually win the lotto, but even if they succeed for a time, every expanding business will bust the bubble at some point.

People have forgotten stocks are just virtual items that carry no real worth, like coupons worth 1/1000th of a cent. Futures trailing on estimated earnings are a joke. Any company can only post more profit with a price increase or a cost drop, even if they were to make money at some point, then even a dumb manager would spend that gain on some expansion, then give himself a raise to offset any excess profit and keep the ball rolling. Such expansion is the only true way a business can succeed and overcome competitors in the long term. So price vs. value should always equal 1 to 1 otherwise it is overvalued. The free market is such a farce these days it makes me sick! Prices a 5 to 15 times trailing earnings, maybe you'll live long enough to see it, but at a realistic 5% gain per year?! Will you live to be 100?! Honestly! Wall Street must admit when stocks explode, it is just a bunch of lucky investors puffing hot air about hitting the triple 7 but don't be the one left behind when all the hype dies and prices make their corrections back to zero.

In short, I agree with you completely.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/109208-government-s-next-lesson-small-is-beautiful?source=feed#comment-320912 320912

On Dec 04 12:34 PM dw57 wrote:

> have we not learned that a wild west version of the a 'free' market
> (not that it has or will exist) is guaranteed to do what it has done
> before. we have doe this before, right before the great depression,
> and the one in 73 (as in 1873). the results have always been the
> same. many years (minimum was about 10 years) to recover. and that
> was caused by lax regulations. and not enforcing what did exist.
> i guess those who advocate this fake free market, must be taking
> it from the the illegal drug trade cause thats the best example
> of their free market!]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:01:20 -0500

On Dec 04 12:34 PM dw57 wrote:

> have we not learned that a wild west version of the a 'free' market
> (not that it has or will exist) is guaranteed to do what it has done
> before. we have doe this before, right before the great depression,
> and the one in 73 (as in 1873). the results have always been the
> same. many years (minimum was about 10 years) to recover. and that
> was caused by lax regulations. and not enforcing what did exist.
> i guess those who advocate this fake free market, must be taking
> it from the the illegal drug trade cause thats the best example
> of their free market!]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/109208-government-s-next-lesson-small-is-beautiful?source=feed#comment-320833 320833 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:57:34 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/100222-first-solar-ceo-tax-credits-alone-not-enough-to-win-over-customers?source=feed#comment-284022 284022 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:19:31 -0400