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Discounting (Home) Negatives: Is it already in the price?

Maybe, But Not Because the Listing Agent Says So Stock market investors are accustomed to analysts who discuss a company’s prospects, and recount a long list of negative or at least worrisome issues. But then they slap a “Buy” rating on the stock, anyways, because they believe “the bad news is already priced in” —...
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Risk Without Reward: ‘Lost Decade for Stocks’

“The Sky is Blue,” “The Earth is Round” & Other Bold Pronouncements A disastrous ten years for the stock market ends in just a month. Will the turning of a new decade change investors’ luck? –Ben Steverman, “Stocks: The ‘Loss’ Decade”; Business Week (12/1/09) If you’re a long-term investor, you don’t need pundits to tell...
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Speaking of ’97 . . .

Stocks at 12 Year Lows4/11/97: S&P 500 = 7432/23/09: S&P 500 = 743 If somehow you decided in 1997 that stocks were just too expensive and have resolutely remained on the sidelines ever since . . . you now have another buying opportunity (assuming you have the money and the stomach). After today’s 3.4% plunge,...
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