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Gold/Mining/Energy : Position Trading in Canada

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To: Thomas Tam who wrote (1734)10/17/1999 12:53:00 AM
From: Ward Nicholson  Read Replies (3) of 2259
 
Thomas:

so if the market were to tank, would crappy stocks like say that
yogurt company :), decline any further? Or would the correction
essentially involve the big names in both Canada and U.S.? Say if
Microsoft corrected 10-15%, that could drop the S&P 20 points or more,
by itself.


I guess the question one must ask of the market is "where is the
action?". Clearly the North American markets are seeing money
flow into fewer equities like the TSE's Nortel and USA's Mr. Softie.
From a pure risk:reward standpoint I think the most risk has got
to be with the bigger caps right now. By the same token, any rally
in the markets will be directed at the bigger caps because they
are still where the action is. I don't think the smaller caps
would be hit nearly as bad as the large caps in either a crash or
a grinding bear market. However, that's not where the action is,
so you probably won't see sustainable rallies in them either.

The smaller and mid-sized caps have been in a bear market for
quite some time and I don't see that changing anytime soon. If
the DJIA and TSE were to see a massive drop I'm sure they'd be
hit, but you just look at YF.A as an example. It doesn't really
have much further down to go...it's dead money for now.

But hey...the Russell 2000 could double in the next 6 months
and I'd look like an ass. The above is just my current opinion.

Check this out...
arts.unimelb.edu.au

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