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LuckyCharms

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14. Good luck to you...

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #13)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 12:46 PM

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I've vowed never to short a stock, even if I have a great desire to.

I'm not on margin, and I don't trust my own abilities when it comes to the potentially infinite risk of shorting.

Anything that has even a slight potential of losing 10,000 times more money than I actually invested because of some unexpected black swan event scares the shit out of me.

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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