• General Dollar
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 5:00PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
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      • War is good for the economy.
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 5:12PM - in reply to General Dollar
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      • Earnings Scorecard: For Q1 2018 (with 13 companies in the S&P 500 reporting actual results for the quarter), 11 S&P 500 companies have reported a positive EPS surprise and 10 have reported a positive sales surprise.
    • Ghost of Igloi
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 6:04PM - in reply to Earnie
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      • Howard Silverblatt, Senior Index Analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices, pointed out recently that “more than 20% of S&P 500 issues provided at least a 4% tailwind to EPS via reduced share counts.” Clearly, at least some part of EPS growth, and subsequent equity market growth, has had something to do with decreasing denominators in the EPS formula, as opposed to true earnings growth.
    • Ghost of Igloi
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 6:23PM - in reply to Do the math
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      • Do the math wrote:

        A small part obviously.

        Yes that is a point. I wonder why the market struggled this week?
    • Trade war
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 6:36PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
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      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Do the math wrote:

        A small part obviously.

        Yes that is a point. I wonder why the market struggled this week?

        Seriously? Do you not pay attention to the news?
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 6:54PM - in reply to Trade war
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      • Trade war wrote:

        Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Do the math wrote:

        A small part obviously.

        Yes that is a point. I wonder why the market struggled this week?

        Seriously? Do you not pay attention to the news?

        But the other guy said earnings are growing. Why else would you buy on the dip?
    • Trade war
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/23/2018 6:59PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
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      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Trade war wrote:

        Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Do the math wrote:

        A small part obviously.

        Yes that is a point. I wonder why the market struggled this week?

        Seriously? Do you not pay attention to the news?

        But the other guy said earnings are growing. Why else would you buy on the dip?

        Seriously? Do you have even the slightest clue how this works?
    • #MAWA
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/24/2018 7:17PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
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      • I agree with Igy. President Trump has the economy humming on all cylinders. He knows what is best for us and we should trust him unequivocally.
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/24/2018 7:35PM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
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      • I feel like a lot of people are just waiting for an excuse to start a big sell off and if the Dow sinks more then people will just declare it time for a bear market and a self fulfilled prophecy will ensue. Is that possible?
    • Ghost of Igloi
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/24/2018 9:07PM - in reply to Trade war
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      • Trade war wrote:

        Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Trade war wrote:

        Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Do the math wrote:

        A small part obviously.

        Yes that is a point. I wonder why the market struggled this week?

        Seriously? Do you not pay attention to the news?

        But the other guy said earnings are growing. Why else would you buy on the dip?

        Seriously? Do you have even the slightest clue how this works?

        Read this buddy: https://wolfstreet.com/2018/03/24/so-is-the-trade-war-crushing-stocks/
    • Trade war
      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/25/2018 7:39AM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
      • Trade war
      • I don’t recommend putting too much value into what that author wrote. He’s right about overvaluation, etc, but completely clueless about market triggers.
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      • RE: Down goes the Dow 3/25/2018 7:58AM - in reply to Ghost of Igloi
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      • Ghost of Igloi wrote:

        Personally, I think the author is correct and you are wrong.

        You are in the minority for good reason.