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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: dealraker ✶  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Can't belive I did that
Date: 11/23/24 7:32 AM
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Tops are such an interesting topic. Abbey Joseph Cohen successfully promoted the big caps including many non-techs like AIG and GE from the period 1996 all the way up until 2001. And Abbey didn't lose her incredible reputation until 2008 yet...

...almost 100% of the stocks she was famously promoting were over-valued way back in 1996. Even given the earnings just before the financial crisis more than ten years later the bulk of her promotions were over-valued...again in 1996.

So years and years of CNBC presentations proved off-base...unless of course you sold into the price gains.

What's the value of the go-go crowd stocks and other unique trophy assets that are popular today? The truth is we don't have a clue, it takes time.

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