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I’d Be the Growlingest Bear on the Internet If Only I Were a Bear (Words Only, No Music)

Published in August 12th, 2008

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets, Podcasts, Rob Bennett

I recently wrote a guest blog entry at the Shark Investor blog entitled I’d Be the Growlingest Bear on the Internet if Only I Were a Bear.
Juicy Excerpt: I’m a reporter. I report things. That’s how I’ve made my living for a long time. Never have I seen such an emotional reaction to anything I have [...]

Podcast #4 — I’d Be the Growlingest Bear on the Internet If Only I Were a Bear

Published in August 8th, 2008

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets, Podcasts

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I’ve posted Podcast #4 in the “Robcasts” section of the site. The title is: I’d Be the Growlingest Bear on the Internet If Only I Were a Bear.
Today’s Passion: I go on at quite a pace about why bull markets are such a drag-down in the article entitled My Beef with Bull Markets.

About That 68 Percent Price Drop

Published in July 17th, 2008

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets, Return Predictor, Stock Valuations

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I often note that, on the three earlier occasions on which U.S. stock prices went as high as they are today, we experienced an average price drop of 68 percent. There is no one number that tells you all that you need to know about stock investing. So I will today direct a few [...]

“I Have Much More Confidence in My Ability
to Understand What Is Happening”

Published in June 27th, 2008

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets, Investor Psychology, M-Class Millionaires, Rational Investing

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I’ve added Elizabeth’s story to the Middle-Class Millionaires section of the site.
Juicy Excerpt: I woke up around DJI 13200, realized I had a lot to learn and had better learn it fast, and found this site. I now have cash sitting in MMFs that has not disappeared out of my retirement funds. I [...]

I Hope You Suffer

Published in June 3rd, 2008

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets

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Sometimes I say things in the heat of the moment just to have something to say and, then later, when I read the words back, they make sense! It sometimes really does happen that way. It makes me wonder if there really is a God or something.
Some Goon was sticking his elbows out at me [...]

I Am Not a Bear

Published in June 30th, 2006

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets

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The most-likely annualized real return for the S&P index over the next 10 years is about 1.3 percent. There’s a less than 1-in-20 chance that we will see a return of worse than a negative 4.7 percent or of greater than a positive 7.3 percent, presuming that stocks perform in the future as they have [...]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of
“Stocks for the Long Run”

Published in June 15th, 2006

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets, Investing Basics

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A recent thread at the Motley Fool board reveals both the good and the bad of the “Stocks for the Long Run” investing paradigm.
The thread begins with a Financial Freedom Community member expressing concern re the recent drop in stock prices. He asks: “Is this an opportunity to load up on stocks at a discount?”
Two [...]

The Wisdom of Crowds

Published in October 28th, 2005

Posted by Rob in Bear Markets, Community, Discussion Boards, Investor Psychology

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I’m excited about a book I’ve begun reading entitled The Wisdom of Crowds. The Introduction explains in compelling terms both the reasons why the discussion board is potentially such a powerful communications medium and why it is only when reasonable posting rules are enforced in reasonable ways that this communications medium is able to achieve [...]