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To: Paul Senior who wrote (40980)	1/10/2011 12:34:55 AM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Read Replies (2) of 78483

The article's author does not realize that the situation is not symmetrical. It does not matter if investor does not like and does not buy a stock that goes up 100%. What matters is what they like and buy. If they buy a stock that goes up 50% and outperforms the market, that's great. It does not matter that some other stocks went up 100%. Sure, you can blame the analyst or the investor for dissing and missing the 100% gainer, but IMHO it's a waste of time. I'm sure I did not like a ton of 100% gainers in my life. Do I lose sleep about it? No. And if someone would blame me for not liking and buying these stocks, I'd think that they should find something more useful to do with their life. ;) An analyst or portfolio manager can be held accountable for results that they produce in their portfolio. They cannot be held accountable for results of stocks that they did not put into their portfolio. Measure them against other managers, measure them against market, but don't measure them against some random selection of stocks that nobody invested into. ;) I should end this with some parable about Buffett, baseball and swings, but everybody knows it already. :P

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