All appear red today

[ccc]

It is all red on the world's stock markets today.

 

[dkwan]

as predicted.

 

[timmy]

It is all red on the world's stock markets today.

Hehe, what you recommended leads the retreat.

 

[加京游子]

It is all red on the world's stock markets today.

Buying opportunities! For my trading shares, I was a seller Wed. and a buyer today. One needs to see the forest behind the tree if one's perspective is longer than a day, a week, or a month!

 

[ccc]

Hehe, what you recommended leads the retreat.

True as always, a leader is indeed a leader, whether it is upward or downward.

How much it can loose in a day if it is worth only $1.00/per share. ;-)

 

[ccc]

Buying opportunities! One needs to see the forest behind the tree if one's perspective is longer than a day, a week, or a month!

Different people see it differently.

 

[加京游子]

Different people see it differently.

Can't agree any more! Risk-taking is probably what separates people the most. Everyone acts in his/her own way as deemed the most prudent! GIC or Canada Savings Bond has a pretty low risk (still not zero yet). When it comes to the market, though, a day like today is nothing unusual at all. It could have been a lot worse. After Wednesday's explosion upwards, I don't need TA to know that a retreat to some extent is inevitable, especially today when options expire. Just a little understanding of human nature suffices. I sold all my trading shares late Wednesday and attempted to buy them back today. The key is indexes are way off their lows and are flirting with milestones. It will take a little while to bounce back and forth around those milestones. Anyone who wants to be a market participant needs to ask what if the market moves in opposition to what is expected before pulling the trigger.

I don't know what got into me. Maybe I am a born contrarian. I always lose money when I buy on the way up and hardly lose money buying on a big down day, at least in the short term.

Best of lucks to each and all!

 

[ccc]

高科技公司中，买IBM、Apple、Cisco这类公司的股票，从过去几年的情况看，风险相对并不太大，得玩长线。

2004年4月入IBM股票的时候，每股US$57。在这五年多的时间里，最高达到过$130，最低跌破$70（今年一季度？），今天落了几刀至$122左右。且不说每年分红，五年翻一番多，还要怎么样。

 

[加京游子]

高科技公司中，买IBM、Apple、Cisco这类公司的股票，从过去几年的情况看，风险相对并不太大，得玩长线。

2004年4月入IBM股票的时候，每股US$57。在这五年多的时间里，最高达到过$130，最低跌破$70（今年一季度？），今天落了几刀至$122左右。且不说每年分红，五年翻一番多，还要怎么样。

今天赶上我有心情, 就跟你多聊几句，算是有感而发。你问的太对了, 你自己前面已经说了很明白了 --- 各人的角度不同! 绝对地讲, 五年翻一番多, 很好了! 但是, 这是个绝对的概念吧? 绝大部分Mutual Funds的长期年回报不会高于10% --- 如果每年都连续回报10%， 需要7年才翻倍呢！你的IBM比大部分Mutual Funds高明多了！

但是，别忘了做股票可能是相对的，有限的资本怎么应用才能取得最大的回报是大部分做股票者需要回答的。你讲的五年翻一番多跟一年翻5倍、10倍、20倍的比，又怎么样呢？回报总和风险连在一起， 老天爷不掉馅饼的。 GIC或Canada Savings Bond风险不高（但也不能100%地说就是0），但可能的回报就不能跟股票比。关键在个人的角度和企图心及承担风险的承受力！

由古自今，从外到内，成大事者没有不冒大风险的，赔上身家性命的也是冒大风险的。股市如斯，生活何异？先问问自己是块什么料吧。

 

[ccc]

今天赶上我有心情, 就跟你多聊几句，算是有感而发。你问的太对了, 你自己前面已经说了很明白了 --- 各人的角度不同! 绝对地讲, 五年翻一番多, 很好了! 但是, 这是个绝对的概念吧? 绝大部分Mutual Funds的长期年回报不会高于10% --- 如果每年都连续回报10%， 需要7年才翻倍呢！你的IBM比大部分Mutual Funds高明多了！

但是，别忘了做股票可能是相对的，有限的资本怎么应用才能取得最大的回报是大部分做股票者需要回答的。你讲的五年翻一番多跟一年翻5倍、10倍、20倍的比，又怎么样呢？回报总和风险连在一起， 老天爷不掉馅饼的。 GIC或Canada Savings Bond风险不高（但也不能100%地说就是0），但可能的回报就不能跟股票比。关键在个人的角度和企图心及承担风险的承受力！

由古自今，从外到内，成大事者没有不冒大风险的，赔上身家性命的也是冒大风险的。股市如斯，生活何异？先问问自己是块什么料吧。

"关键在个人的角度和企图心及承担风险的承受力！"



根本的企图就是赚钱。但是，看股票的角度以及经济和心理上的承受能力如何，因人而异了。

认识位有点资历的股民。他说得好，买股票不是看拥有某某公司多少股股票，而是要看谁为你“打工”，最后能拿回多少钞票。