Not exact matches
Crude oil has helped the Saudi
stock market race ahead
of the
rest of the world this year, but the rally is about more
than energy, as reforms from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receive investors» endorsement.»
«This business is all about trying to divine which companies are doing better
than we think, so that we can pick the
stocks that have the most potential to outperform the
rest of the
market and throw away the others,» the «Mad Money» host said.
The facts are not right here, energy is cheap that means the cost
of manufacturing and transporting
of goods is low, food and consumers staples already more affordable, so what if a few American oil companies going out
of business.the cost
of producing oil in middle east is less
than $ 10 / bl and we were paying more
than $ 140 / bl for it, with that huge profit margin the big oil companies and oil producing nations became richer and the
rest of us left behind, with the oil price this low the oil giants don't want to reduce the price at pump even a penny, because they are so greedy.worst case scenario is some CEOs bonuses might drop from $ 20 million to $ 15 millions I am sure they will survive.in terms
of the
stock market it always bounces back, after all it's just a casino like game.
Note: «NAAIM» is the National Association
of Active Investment Managers (Note, I know MMF is money
market funds but I'm not sure what the
rest of the metric represents other
than its some measure
of investor portfolio cash vs
stock holdings).
Low - volatility funds take different approaches, but they generally focus on
stocks that have a record
of milder swings
than the
rest of the
market.
Historically, dividend
stocks were about 25 % less pricey
than the
rest of the
market, but today they're about 10 % more pricey.
Not much worse
than the
rest of the
market, though, and there are some
stocks that look interesting that could be worth considerably more three years out.
If that isn't the case and there's no added risk, it's an easy choice for investors: They'll realize there's a free investment lunch to be had, they'll flock to buy the
stocks involved, the share prices will be bid up and future performance will be no better
than the
rest of the
market.
Since the late 1990s many well run, profitable companies with a
market capitalization
of less
than $ 250 million have watched their share prices underperform the
rest of the
stock market.
While it is impossible to time the
market, with a beta
of 1.69, JPMorgan is about 70 % more volatile
than the
rest of the
stock market.
It doesn't make sense to allocate more money
than necessary to a particular
stock like Foot Locker, unless you're saying that you know something about Foot Locker that the
rest of the multi-trillion dollar
stock market doesn't know.
Another argument against is that homeowners are already overweight in real estate based on their home equity, and that the volatility
of REITs is higher
than the
rest of the
stock market.
Anyway, I might disagree with your whole thesis, regardless — emerging
markets are no more dangerous
than developed
markets: Yes, people always fearfully imagine losing 100 %
of their investment in an emerging
market — and v rarely that can happen — but they prefer to ignore the fact that in the credit crisis, on their own doorstep, they lost all their home equity, 50 %
of their
stock portfolio, and the
rest was confiscated in taxes & unsustainable future tax / entitleement / debt burdens...
Many REITs are generally far less volatile
than the
rest of the
stock market as well, making certain REITs a reasonable way to -LSB-...]
Shares
of alternative energy companies have fallen even more sharply
than the
rest of the
stock market in recent months.
Another
market favorite, Amazon, also dropped, and healthcare
stocks fell more
than the
rest of the
market.