Friday, January 31, 2014

Buying on Emotion



Just as it is not a good idea to vote based upon only your heart (as opposed to your head), it is also advisable not to purchase stocks based only upon emotion.  Today the stock market is down over 200 points on the Dow Jones Average … and what stocks are bucking this trend by now being up?  … Google (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR), and Tesla Motors (TSLA).  To me, this is as good an indication as any that these stocks (except possibly Google) are being accumulated by unsophisticated buyers … sometimes referred to as momentum purchasers.  Caveat Emptor!

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