…will never buy a Netscape or Genentech or Polaroid at 165 times earnings,” O’Shaughnessy wrote, referring to some of history’s well-known momentum-driven, overpriced stocks. “It forces you to buy stocks…
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Grantham Expects "Painful" Pullback in 2010
…Reserve of further help in case of future problems, momentum, and the herd mentality driving stocks higher. “Price, however, does matter eventually, and what will stop this market (my blind…
Short-Term Opportunities, Long-Term Questions
…momentum and government stimulus spending to carry stocks higher for the rest of this year,” wrote Scott Cendrowski. Here’s a sampling of what these top strategists said: Laszlo Birinyi, founder…
Where Do We Go from Here? Sonders, Yardeni & Others Weigh In
…as it is, this rally to new post-Lehman highs is being driven primarily by the technicals. Momentum is extremely strong at this time, and this often exerts a self-perpetuating move…
Nygren's Three Reasons to Buy Stocks Now
…fundamentals, we have to ask, where were these fundamentalists when the market was in freefall?” Nygren says. “We believe that panicked investors, momentum investors and short sellers all combined to…
New Normal? For Stocks, More Like Old Normal, O'Neil Says
…be created, but you have to understand what has really worked.” O’Neil’s strategy is based largely on momentum and earnings growth. His CANSLIM methodology looks at seven criteria, Jaffe explains:…
O'Shaughnessy on Why Stocks Are Still Attractive, and the Value Resurgence
…on momentum have returned 15.7%, while stocks in the lowest decile based on momentum have returned a whopping 145.3%. “The worse a stock’s return was in the six months leading…
The Two-Pronged O'Shaughnessy Attack
…wrote, referring to some of history’s well-known momentum-driven, overpriced stocks. “It forces you to buy stocks just when the market realizes the companies have been overlooked.” To apply the RS…
Good Quant, Bad Quant
…patterns, industry, momentum, and other technical variables. They are not tied to the underlying value of the business (it’s earnings, sales, debts, etc.), which, to me, makes them inherently more…
The "Expert on Experts" on Who You Can -- And Can't -- Trust in Today's Market
…everything. … Foxes often qualify their arguments with ‘however’ and ‘perhaps,’ while hedgehogs build up momentum with ‘moreover’ and ‘all the more so.’” Their measured approach means foxes aren’t as…