Forgive My Ignorance..., page 1

reply to post by haarvik

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The stock market's enabler is fear.

eeek.. on, oh my.....

reply to post by haarvik

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Well the simple answer is this - the more strongly you feel you've made a good investment, the less likely you are to sell it. The less likely you are to sell it, the more someone has to offer to change your mind. And visa versa. Its a game of perceived value.

Let's say you buy a house for 100K. They are breaking ground on a new golf course around the corner, and you expect your property value to skyrocket. Would you sell to someone offering 110K? 120K? 200K?

Same in reverse. The less appealing you perceive a holding to be worth, the less you are willing to take for it.

This is the bid and ask side of the market in very simplistic terms.

Its a whole nother ball game whether these economic concepts are what really drives the markets in this day and age. But its the textbook answer in any case - and the more we understand the textbook answers, the more we can pull back the curtain to see the real inner dynamics at play.

reply to post by haarvik

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buying & selling is only one set of Factors involved


another important factor is the volume of the trades (buy-sell) on any given day...
with that factor known, an analyst would be able to deduce just who are the buyers/sellers...


if the volume is light (say ~1 Billion) it likely is an Investors day in the DOW/NYSE/NASDAQ/AMX
if the volume exceeds say +5 billion ---then the HFT'ers, Hedge Fund & Mutual Fund managers & a whole slew of Speculters are likely trading big time

an analysis of these factors: volume and volatility... will give an analyst a clue as to which way the future market/stocks are headed and they can advise investors & traders what the likely winners-losers will be in the immediate future.


the question you ask is like an onion....many, many layers...& some can make one cry

reply to post by FissionSurplus

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You sir, make sense..

Thank you.

Originally posted by ILikeStars
reply to post by haarvik

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The stock market's enabler is fear.

eeek.. on, oh my.....

. Very bold industries sublim statement to make
... Now if we can only HTML alchemize... '#4C7D7E to #D4A0147'
... Butt I'm sure 'they'(globalist Nephiliams ) are already doing it with lead
... & selling it to the $heeplings "allegedly"... most likely a MIB conspiracy

reply to post by CosmicWaterGate

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Yes. There are words here. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure there are many hidden secrets.... But then again.... Sometimes a secret is just a seek writ....

reply to post by ILikeStars

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Ummm...I don't understand how that had anything to do with the thread...would you elaborate a bit...thanks!

reply to post by jerryznv

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I was responding to CosmicWaterGate's inquiry.

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