To: Jack of All Trades who wrote (29863 ) 10/15/1999 10:30:00 AM From: Matthew L. Jones Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 99985
No, I couldn't disagree more. OF COURSE THE MARKET IS GROSSLY OVERVALUED!! That having been said, my objection is that when the FED shakes the markets with this kind of crap (because he lacks the guts to do it with the tools he has been given), the whole market drops. Then as soon as the dust settles (several days) the same old glamour stocks are the first ones people come flocking back to. If he thinks MSFT, DELL, CSCO, WCOM, INTC, LU, IBM, CPQ, (the usual suspects) are overprice, then say, "THESE STOCKS ARE OVER PRICED" (which is not really his business in the first place). But, when he jabs the markets he hurts them all. Last year when this same bald headed old fart did the same thing, I lost 260K in "value stocks" (the biggest loser had a PE of 9!). I only wish that I had my money in the over priced tech stocks because they took less of a hit and came back much quicker! I guess my biggest gripe with this whole thing is that it makes it very nearly impossible to do anything other than daytrade this market, and as I've posted previously on this thread, that is not IMO a good odds game given the problems we are experiencing in the net, brokers, and false sense of security we have "thinking" that we are competing with the big boys in terms of speed of news, quotes and execution. I am glad that you have your money on the side. You either have a large pile or a day job. I have about decided after three years of working harder than I have in my life, to start a brick and mortar business again where I control the shareholder value and there is actually a link between input and output. Matt