Peter, I have some advice to you and any one else interested in ADBE.
If you feel a need to own Adobe, then I suggest you buy the stock with confidence in the long term. Long term investers will always outperform traders, and you are right that technical chartists are never 100% accurate. What you should understand is that the company is doing good things for the stockholders as well as the consumers, so with this in mind you should make some critical decisions because it sounds like you are insecure about this company in general. As for marketing their products, a good company does not have to really push to hard because word of mouth in a quality product is what really sells. Adobe has the best products for their area of expertise and no one can come close! I really do not think that shelf space makes that much difference with this in mind. To set the story straight, I am not a technical chartist per say, but I use the data as part of my overall strategy when accumulating or selling. I will buy a good company like ADBE because of overall fundamentals and I will not sell that company until those fundamentals change. As far as I am concerned, the company is doing better things now, again for consumers and shareholders, that make the fundamentals much more attractive than ever before. It's going to take a lot to change this, but when it does, the stock will still maintain before people start getting rid of it! There is always time, and time is always on your side as an investor. I do not consider myself a trader, chartist, or a Warren Buffet type investor, but maybe I am a little of all the above. I typically hold a company for anywhere from 1 year to up to 4 years on average. I just started buying the company in my portfolio to let you know how I feel about this stock! I am usally never wrong because I never buy to sell tommorrow, and I never buy in speculation, but rather the facts!
Angelo |