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Why This Rally Will Continue

How many long term investors are there today? I was a long-term investor a few years ago. Not any more.


On Aug 13 10:35 AM Nick36 wrote:

> I don't think this rally will continue because the earnings of companies
> are too low relative to their stock prices. And beating low-ball
> earnings estimates doesn't in any way make the P/E ratios of these
> companies any better.
>
> Perhaps short-term traders don't care about the actual earnings of
> companies. They only care if these earnings are better than expected
> or not. Because they don't hold their shares long enough to benefits
> from the dividends companies pay.
>
> But you can't say the same about long-term investors. Long-term investors
> do care about the actual earnings of companies in absolute sense.
> Because the reason why they invest is to take a share of their company
> profits.
>
> When it doesn't make sense for long-term investors to buy due to
> poor company profits in absolute sense. Then the stock market rally
> can't continue for long. Because by definition, short-term investors
> don't stay invested for long. Sooner or later they start selling.
> And that brings an end to the stock market rally.

Time to Take Profits?

If you're wrong, people who take your advice lose a whole lot of money. Can you live with that?

California Comes to a Cowardly Compromise

Question: Why do we keep electing these fools to public office? It's our own fault for the mess we're in. You get what you pay for ... or in this case, vote for.

Expect the Unemployment Rate to Increase

It's our fault for electing the idiots who are ruining this country. And they keep getting elected because they know how to lie better than their opponents. I wonder if New Zeland is accepting immigrants.

How to Profit from Possible U.S. Credit Downgrade

Could you translate that into English?


On May 26 12:20 PM JOETRADER wrote:

> What is this got yo do with CHK?