Has everyone forgotten the biggest rallies happen in a bear market.
Even if the markets and your beloved MOS, RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, KOL etc. rally 75% from here - which would be a fantastic bull market move - you'll still be down deep in the red.Quote from stock_trad3r:that is true, but eventually one of those rallies ushers in a new bull market.
Quote from cunparis:
I don't think hedge funds fail to be the S&P at all. It's the mutual funds that fail to beat it. Hedge funds do quite well. If not they wouldn't exit, the hedge fund clients are millionaires and they're not dumb (like the mutual fund clients).
Quote from makloda:
Even if the markets and your beloved MOS, RIMM, AAPL, GOOG, KOL etc. rally 75% from here - which would be a fantastic bull market move - you'll still be down deep in the red.
Ever thought about that?
... Declines in midday trading today pushed the S&P 500 to 35 percent below its average for the past 200 days, only the second time that's happened since the Great Depression. The last time was a day before the index rose 12 percent on Oct. 13 the biggest rally since 1939. ...
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