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Stock Technical Analysis — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:15:14 +0000

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By: david galie

david galie — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:46:49 +0000

In theory Mr Green is correct. A shareholder can own a business through stock ownership.
But that ownership is illusory.As recent events have proven, the little guy is helpless against the corrupt or just plain incompetent executive leadership and crony boards of directors. Sure, you can vote with your feet and sell, at a loss; mount a futile proxy battle; or take legal action where crony laws of incorporation in Delaware guarantee a loss for you.
And so long as real reform continues to be bitterly opposed,Mr Green’s scenario must remain the dreams of pipes.

By: George Lenhart

George Lenhart — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:45:20 +0000

That’s why Jeremy Siegel called the book,”Stocks for the LONG Run”, not a year or two. Also the reason for Warren Buffet’s mantra,”Buy and HOLD”. We don’t know the future, certainly, but we can learn and deduce from the past.

By: Richard Freedland

Richard Freedland — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:32:47 +0000

Stocks for the Long Run is an excellent academic exercise based on a number of variables that fail to exist in the real world. Certainly, once must compare periods where accurate data and liquidity in the stock market was available. The data should begin, at minimum, in the 1920′s. Investments in the latter part of the century are difficult to compare to earlier times. Now, we have etf’s and mutual funds which allow participation in a number of various markets and countries. Cost and expense ratios are different today among funds than in previous years. Tax rates on capital gains have changed dramatically. Comparisons must be made between investments in individual stocks and funds as well as whether stocks are owned in tax deferred accounts, ie. IRA’s or in taxable accounts. In addition, as Keynes said, “In the long run we are dead”, and it is difficult to estimate the length of time that one holds a stock and what the returns are for those particular periods of time. You also have to factor in inflation and how it affects the value of the holdings during the period. What Siegel is trying to demonstrate, is that typically, more success in investing is gained by holding over the long term than in short term trading but there have been many periods where long term bonds when including interest and capital gains have outperformed stocks. In the early 80′s, one could acquire zero coupon treasury bonds, with no risk that returned up to 14% annually–compounded over 30 years plus any capital gains as interest rates declines. Those returns are hard to beat. However, if one invests in specific stocks at the right time, such as Microsoft or Apple, the gains may be enormous.

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