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Re:Snap Tumbles Below IPO Opening Price as Analysts Say Sell by johnchristopher on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @04:24AM (#13809241)
Stocks are fragile creatures in need of constant monitoring attention.
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Re:Snap Tumbles Below IPO Opening Price as Analysts Say Sell by Kurtz79 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @04:52AM (#13809338)
It's funny how the truth is probably the opposite, for the average investor.

One should make a buy/sell decision based on a medium/long term evaluation of the company prospects and try to ignore as much as possible the daily ups and downs.

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Re:Snap Tumbles Below IPO Opening Price as Analysts Say Sell by pg314 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @05:02AM (#13809357)
Not only average investors.

Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style: This year we neither bought nor sold a share of five of our six major holdings. -- Warren Buffet in the 1990 letter to the shareholders [1].

[1] http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1990.html

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