Comments on: The Public Still Buys Stocks but the Love is Gone http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-public-still-buys-stocks-but-the-love-is-gone/2009/06/29/ An independent perspective on the Australian and global investment markets Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:27:32 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Biker Pete http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-public-still-buys-stocks-but-the-love-is-gone/2009/06/29/comment-page-1/#comment-86577 Biker Pete Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:54:52 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6389#comment-86577 In a meltdown, if it pays dividends, you're probably safer than if it doesn't, Pete. If it pays dividends _weekly_ of course, it might be even better!! ;) In a meltdown, if it pays dividends, you're probably safer than if it doesn't, Pete. If it pays dividends _weekly_ of course, it might be even better!! ;)

]]> By: Pete http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-public-still-buys-stocks-but-the-love-is-gone/2009/06/29/comment-page-1/#comment-86571 Pete Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:24:59 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6389#comment-86571 A question for the technical analysts like Kris Sayce: How can you determine a companies worth based on technical analysis in a volatile market? Are you making assumptions such as: - the collective intelligence (oxymoron?) of the market will know the value of the company based on research and prediction of future earnings? - that the company has a clue about future earnings, or is not fudging the books? If there is one thing that the GFC should have taught us by now, it is that trends should be questioned, not blindly followed. Isn't technical analysis simply looking at the trends of the masses through the lens of a particular stock? Personally I can't see the value...but I don't have an economics degree, so maybe I am just not 'qualified' (cough). A question for the technical analysts like Kris Sayce:

How can you determine a companies worth based on technical analysis in a volatile market?

Are you making assumptions such as:
- the collective intelligence (oxymoron?) of the market will know the value of the company based on research and prediction of future earnings?
- that the company has a clue about future earnings, or is not fudging the books?

If there is one thing that the GFC should have taught us by now, it is that trends should be questioned, not blindly followed. Isn't technical analysis simply looking at the trends of the masses through the lens of a particular stock?

Personally I can't see the value...but I don't have an economics degree, so maybe I am just not 'qualified' (cough).

]]> By: rag http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/the-public-still-buys-stocks-but-the-love-is-gone/2009/06/29/comment-page-1/#comment-86547 rag Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:34:30 +0000 http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/?p=6389#comment-86547 Hope for the best - prepare for the worst = precious metals in the portfolio, cash up the savings account, get off-grid. I am not at all hopeful for world economic activity and social cohesion given China and Russia's potential economic dominance and the evidence for social fractures in Iran, South America and some Eastern European nations - not to say the bankrupcy of the USA, Europe. You may scrap through in saving personal wealth but what of the world - a more dangerous place - no fun anymore Hope for the best - prepare for the worst = precious metals in the portfolio, cash up the savings account, get off-grid. I am not at all hopeful for world economic activity and social cohesion given China and Russia's potential economic dominance and the evidence for social fractures in Iran, South America and some Eastern European nations - not to say the bankrupcy of the USA, Europe. You may scrap through in saving personal wealth but what of the world - a more dangerous place - no fun anymore

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