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Technology Stocks : Corning Incorporated (GLW)
GLW 88.12+1.2%3:51 PM EST
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To: t2 who wrote (956)10/13/2000 3:19:52 PM
From: Jill  Read Replies (1) of 2260
 
We were discusing this old post of Greg M's on the porch last night, when theres a market top and when theres a market bottom. A bottom when Abby comes out:

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Signs or an overbought or topping market or stock. Also, signs of a bottoming market or stock
Overbought/Topping

1. Excessive speculation, and greater use or margin.
2. Many companies splitting their stock
3. Investor slapping each other on the back thinking they can do no wrong.
4. Invention of a new method of evaluation to qualify the increase in market caps beyond the norm.
5. A de-coupling from the bond market.
6. Non-professional giving out investing advice.
7. Non-professional or less then seasoned investor increasing use of options.
8. Increasing numbers of people quitting their day jobs to invest/trade for a living.
9. Investors buying logo apparel from their favorite company who's stock they own. Wanting to be identified with said company as if they work for the company.
10. Planing get together of other stock holders. Planning vacations around share holder meetings.
11. Threads becoming less and less related to the company specifics more related to the stock action.
12. The showing up greater number of investors on threads that are just starting investing or a new to the company.
13. Increasing number of brokerage houses covering a stock, coming out with higher 12 month price targets.
14. CEO seen on increasing number of TV shows or written up national magazines.

Signs or a bottom.

1. Panic selling.
2. Overseas market falling apart
3. More and more bears coming out of the wood work posting on threads.
4. More fights on threads.
5. Nightly news devoting greater time to the falling market.
6. Recent new investors throwing in the towel.
7. Abby coming to the defense of the market.
8. Professional bears getting greater air time and more articles written by them or about them.
9. Increase use of buying of puts and selling of calls by less then season investors.
10. Increase of reallocation of funds to defensive stocks, consumer non-durable, and Utility stocks.
11. Bond yields dropping from bond buying.
12. Greg posting this list before he normally gets out of bed without his pants on. <g>

Greg
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