Simon Constable

March 11, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EST · Recommend (2) ·

Feels like the 1970s

Commentary: Buy-and-hold is dead in a stop-and-go economy

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3/12/2010 0 0 0 frogwatcher You better believe it.
3/12/2010 0 0 0 frogwatcher We name an era after its president,…
3/12/2010 0 0 0 FayeRaye imadowner, don't "throw money…
3/12/2010 0 0 0 moxiecat What Bush started and Obama has…
3/12/2010 0 1 0 knowtax10 Yes, they walk form Jersey to Wall…
3/12/2010 0 1 0 knowtax10 Reminds me the touts who stand…
3/12/2010 0 0 2 knowtax10 But the question where is the Delphi…
3/12/2010 0 0 0 economic.hitma… It depends if you have a good…
3/11/2010 0 0 0 vhac how about swing trader
3/11/2010 0 3 1 vhac I'd love a good argument but yours is…
3/11/2010 0 3 1 victorburgundy Totally true! I read a reply to a…
3/11/2010 0 0 1 tomford429 $1 in 1970 bought what $16 buys in…
3/11/2010 0 2 0 tomford429 The single biggest reason the DOW…
3/11/2010 1 1 0 G-ron Financial advisers, insurance…
3/11/2010 1 0 0 G-ron True if and the company survived and…
3/11/2010 0 0 0 imadowner I agree. If you hold a stock and…
3/11/2010 3 2 0 imadowner I see nothing wrong with buy and hold…
3/11/2010 0 0 0 FayeRaye I rebalance every quarter within our…
3/11/2010 0 2 1 hanubo I buy and hold deep moat dividend…
3/11/2010 1 1 0 mrbuttermaker when an analyst says "buy" …
3/11/2010 1 2 0 oldfashionedwa… "Buy and Hold" doesn't…
3/11/2010 1 3 1 oriskany Presidents have very little real…
3/11/2010 1 1 0 BuckInTheSyste… If I may…
3/11/2010 0 1 1 tcc34 buy and hold is not dead - the timing…
3/11/2010 0 1 2 searchlight producer - Inflation spiked up in the…
3/11/2010 0 3 1 searchlight I'm curious to see Simon Constable's…
3/11/2010 0 0 1 zolagorgon ...or two 60's presidents who will…
3/11/2010 1 3 1 Steeper This forum is filled with savants who…
3/11/2010 0 1 2 EM It will be really helpful to lose who…
3/11/2010 0 3 2 EM Buffet is an aberation and not the…
3/11/2010 2 4 0 drbob66 Another "expert" gives up…
3/11/2010 0 2 0 FayeRaye The problem as I see it, is that not…
3/11/2010 0 1 1 topdown93 recently bought 1000 shares of C at…
3/11/2010 0 4 2 producer Well said! Why doesn't parlorfare…
3/11/2010 1 6 8 producer You forgot to mention Reagan…
3/11/2010 1 7 2 Seven Parlorfare: You're going to get…
3/11/2010 0 1 1 nebraska "couple decades"It is 3…
3/11/2010 3 8 5 Armenium Hypothetical scenario:Obama out of…
3/11/2010 0 7 1 Armenium Perhaps. But that doesn't mean we…
3/11/2010 0 4 2 Armenium Yeah, but who's he to talk about…
3/11/2010 2 5 3 samta The problem with #1 is that most of…
3/11/2010 0 7 2 bobbobwhite What I truly despise are the guys who…
3/11/2010 0 3 2 dontaxedonttel… PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE DEPRECIATING…
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3/11/2010 1 9 3 SageIndependen… Good point on Farrell but have you…
3/11/2010 2 6 0 RickF Makes you wonder about the quality of…
3/11/2010 2 14 2 victorburgundy I don't believe anything anybody…
3/11/2010 2 13 1 Relic Those who bought dividend stocks…
3/11/2010 0 1 1 Easyesteemer Iggy's got it right. Adjust when one…
3/11/2010 0 2 3 BabaJ I would buy and hold put warrants but…

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