Stock Market Guru's

[75th]

Honestly i think Army Vet had the best advice, that just because the market has always gone up in the past, doesn't mean it will continue to do so. With America facing competition from China and India, our market which is basically right where it was 8 years ago may stay static for another 8.

8 years ago the market went down for 2 then had the best 6 years in the history of the market itself.

 

[SC4EVA]

What about the

 

[SanFrancisco]

8 years ago the market went down for 2 then had the best 6 years in the history of the market itself.

Fuzy Math

 

[SanFrancisco]

You mean when the market went from about 12K to 8K, then took 6 years to bounce back? Is that the windfall you're referring to?

 

[75th]

You mean when the market went from about 12K to 8K, then took 6 years to bounce back? Is that the windfall you're referring to?

From 2000-2002 the market declined.

From 2002-2008 the market shot up.

My bad, were you referring to how long it took after 2002 to reach the 2000 levels?

 

[RottenWillow]

Honestly i think Army Vet had the best advice, that just because the market has always gone up in the past, doesn't mean it will continue to do so. With America facing competition from China and India, our market which is basically right where it was 8 years ago may stay static for another 8.

My pacific investment fund was the one that kept me in the positive during the last quarter of '07, so I totally agree that there is generally more growth to be enjoyed in those countries. However, I think if you're living in America, or a country with a very closely tied economy like Canada, it's in your best interest to keep holding American stocks as well. If we all divest heavily in Domestic and run scared it's going to screw our own economy mightily.

I'm going to stay about 50/50 domestic/international for the longterm, with probably about 30% of my int being asian.

 

[Raptorex]

My pacific investment fund was the one that kept me in the positive during the last quarter of '07, so I totally agree that there is generally more growth to be enjoyed in those countries. However, I think if you're living in America, or a country with a very closely tied economy like Canada, it's in your best interest to keep holding American stocks as well. If we all divest heavily in Domestic and run scared it's going to screw our own economy mightily.

I'm going to stay about 50/50 domestic/international for the longterm, with probably about 30% of my int being asian.

I think I agree with this long-term world market approach, assuming (as always) you do some cherry picking.

 

[gotmilk]

Whats your take on EMC?

When they can dump their VMWare shares, they better use some proceeds to buy back stock

 

[Raptorex]

When they can dump their VMWare shares, they better use some proceeds to buy back stock

lot of experts picking them on MSN Money - may buy some

 

[Raptorex]

Just bought intel at 20.01/share, any thoughts