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Pastimes : Learning To Invest Correctly - A Shared Experience

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To: Phil(bullrider) who wrote (30)7/25/1998 11:31:00 AM
From: Nazbuster  Read Replies (2) of 253
 
Bullrider, I sincerely feel that Fundamental Analysis, F/A, is much more beneficial than Technical Analysis, T/A, in determining where a company's stock price is going

I agree! It's just that I have never had an understanding of entries/exits and found myself exiting a "win" too soon (because I was concerned about volatility at high prices) and hanging on to losers (because the historical fundamentals were strong, but other factors were changing the landscape for the company and I was not informed enough to detect or understand the changes).

Look at a stock like Home Depot. Up and up and up. Can this continue? How does one know when changes in competition, the housing market, the job market, etc. will change the buying habits of their customers? By the time it shows in a quarterly report, it's too late for the investor.

Then again, look at WalMart. In a trading range for all of 94, 95 and 96. TA would have clearly indicated a buy in April-May 97 and would have kept you in it through now (from 27 to 64).

I'm looking to TA to know when to enter/exit the stocks I pick because of their fundamentals. It's only another guide. I agree that there are no easy answers!
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