Quote from empee:
This is hypocrisy at its best:
US Bull market and he is long with you == hey its fantastic, all good to be admired.
He leaves the US to try and participate in the bull market somewhere else, he un-American or unpatriotic. Maybe because US markets are relatively speaking paltry in performance (ie you dont win as much).
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You're long he's long == its all good, everyone happy.
You're long he's turns short because he thinks the market is turning == he's evil, and butthead, etc. etc.
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How he chooses to invest shouldn't affect our view of his patriotism; are we to blame him for profiting from a falling dollar.. is it all Jimmy Roger's fault & his ilk that the US dollar is dropping? Its those evil speculators, right? Because the policies of our government and its people have nothing to do with it.
But of course, if he's long in a bull market you're long in hes to be admired as a skilled investor.
A speculator looks to profit from a move, long or short, when its popular, and when its not.
American hypocrisy at its finest.