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There's a difference between investing and trading. So the first question that pops in my head any time someone asks this question is "do they really mean trading? Are they really planning on...
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Of course it is, looking at any market price action is looking at the past. Which is the point of posting the SPX over the past 140 years. In 2011, for example, it brought back nothing. That year, if...
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In terms of index recovery yes, but as a whole market and not an individual stock. The market has always rebounded, individual stocks do not always rebound. I could have been clearer. But there was a...
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Nope. I did read the analysis of those who figured them out though and invested. I rarely buy options because there's the element of timing involved with options. I did get into a BAC LEAP call...
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You are of course assuming that there is option volume. No traders of options means no options to buy or little liquidity. Just take a look at the ALSK option chain.
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Interesting you say that because you are essentially doing that with index funds.
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I don't recommend individual stocks for anyone except the cash indifferent investors (the .0001%). It can make you money but it is not a safe investment unless you have stock leverage.
Indexes are...
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I'm not arguing against value investing. I'd rather put my money in a large cap, mid cap, or small cap value mutual fund than opposed to your idea of investing in single securities. Were you one of...
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Value investing is timeless. it's all about analysis. As long as there are speculators and emotional traders, value investing works. if you read Charlie479's theses, you'd understand why someone like...
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The "smartest investors" would never blatantly show you real time, live data, of every trade that they are doing, or share every idea they have. Who qualifies for you as one of the smartest...
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A lot of value investors who manage smaller sums of money beat the market in the long run. Allan Mecham and Mohnish Pabrai are two examples. Knowing how much a business is worth and the concept of...
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You're being naive if you think you can beat the market in the long run. There's not many fund managers that even consistently outperform the market with billions of dollars to invest, years of...
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maybe it's just me, but it seems like the idea of "beating the market" is kind of a backward-looking statement that is just a gauge of how well you did against just buying a well-diversified mutual...
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I'm aware of such thing as a "benchmark" when comparing ones gains and generally think it's foolish to use such a thing in the first place. But my point was directed at the idea that you can "beat" a...
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hahahaha :lol:
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The market is usually defined as the S&P 500 (in the most general sense), because its the average of a bunch of stocks. You're "beating the market", if you're performing a lot better than the S&P...
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Buy low and sell high. Works every time!!!
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But how does a newbie tell the difference when 100% of those CNBC commentators are at least superficially very smart, well informed, and completely certain of their opinions?
Much better is...
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Ironic, don't you think? Why would an "intelligent investor" try to beat the market in the first place? Sounds like a fools game from the onslaught.
No investor has ever beat the market because...
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You gotta diversify your bonds, ninja.
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