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Bernardo de La Paz

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12. Nah. The original growth stocks were exploiting the New World (the Americas). Then

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 12:37 PM

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Then it was steamship companies.
Then it was railroads.
Then it was electrification.
Then it was radio.
Then it was electronics & defence.
Then it was computers.
Then it was the internet.
Now it is AI mania.

All of those had bubbles and over-valuation periods and crashes of varying degrees.

The standard PE ratio charts are volatile and hard to extract advantage from. The alarming thing about the Shiller PE ratio chart is that it seems more rational and correlated to key market events, especially the 1929-1932 crash and the dot-com bubble. It is now above the 1929 levels and almost breaking the 1999-2000 level. The latter is not some ancient history.

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If stock market Price-Earnings ratio alarms you when historically compared, this will scare you [View all] Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday OP

Please explain what this means. yardwork Wednesday #1

PE ratio is price to earnings. LuckyCharms Wednesday #2

PE Ratio is price earnings ratio. I updated thread title (thanks) and explain a bit here Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #3

Thank you! yardwork Wednesday #4

I know you asked Bernardo, but if I may... LuckyCharms Wednesday #5

That is what I suspect, too. yardwork Wednesday #7

I watch stock "candles" every day... LuckyCharms Wednesday #8

Stocks drop on good earnings if the "guidance" is negative or if it is less than expected or if a competitor is coming Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #10

Think about this, Bernardo... LuckyCharms Wednesday #11

The market is full of idiots and greater fools. They can be taken advantage of without manipulation Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #13

Good luck to you... LuckyCharms Wednesday #14

1) Market timing is almost impossible, 2) tRump is not the only factor, 3) There's money to be made in any market hi/lo Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #9

There's a new paradigm IMO Johnny2X2X Wednesday #6

Nah. The original growth stocks were exploiting the New World (the Americas). Then Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #12