Comments on: A Visual History of the Stock Market From 1996 – 2007

By: Mark Wallstead

Mark Wallstead — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:41:18 +0000

ALSO…forgot to add. For valuing a stock calculate Book Value per share : it’s the Warren Buffet Method. Very, very, useful. It give investors a saftynet.

By: Mark Wallstead

Mark Wallstead — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 21:38:12 +0000

I’ve been looking for a post like this for a long time . Thank you Jeremy.

@Rusas > Dividends have made me a lot of money. Only place today I can get 13% on my money, but the risk is monstrous.

By: rusas

rusas — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:29:51 +0000

Actually, companies make money. That’s where dividends come from. Dividends are paid to the shareholders, or are reinvested in hopes of improving the company – to make even larger dividend profits. So even if people put no more money in the stock market, its value will grow, because the value of companies will grow, and so will the value of their shares.
So, your 50/50 theory has just been disproven

By: yomamma

yomamma — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:07:04 +0000

Why don’t people understand that the stock market is just a huge ponzi scheme. What you make as profit somebody else has to lose, period. That is all. The stock market does NOT create money out of thin air. And sure, everybody puts money in with the hope of profit, but at least HALF the people will always be losers. That is a mathematical certainty. What you lose, somebody else makes, and what you make, somebody loses. The only way the market goes up is if more people keep putting in more money, or money flows into one stock as opposed to another. No magic, just good ole Ponzi scheme, although legalized by the government. Still, it does not mean it’s not a Ponzi scheme, because it always is. So if you don’t want to lose, stop gambling with your retirement money.

By: nakita hearts

nakita hearts — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:20:31 +0000

wow i understood none of this

By: JACK PASSERELLO

JACK PASSERELLO — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:25:56 +0000

The Stock market’s value has followed the total AMOUNT of money available for investment.
It has NOT followed the intrinsic value of the stock available for sale.
The AMOUNT of money available for investment has increased by the granting of tax free IRA’S and
other retirement and investment instruments over the years.

Check, (CHART) the HISTORY of the DOW and other averages and you will see the rise in prices EACH time the government has added to the amount that can be invested in all these IRA’S ETC.

Our grand dad’s did not buy stock but you do because the GOVERNMENT allow’s you to do it at a tax savings.

We have so many million’s of people investing their tax free or tax deferred money in stock ( IRA’S ETC ) that the stock takes on a false value in response to a government created overload of supply and demand.

We have OVERLOADED the stock market with TOO MUCH money CHASEING the same old value stock.

It’s a matter of INTRINSIC value beeing TOO low in both the stock market and the housing market.

Things will settle down when the cost of stocks and homes return to their INTRINSIC value.

By the way, the INTRINSIC value of a home is the INSURANCE REPLACEMENT VALUE that is paid if your house burns down.( Plus the bare lot) —-NOT the inflated price that you paid for it if you bought it the last 5 years.

I have not owned stock for 37 years Thank God. ( CD’S are my friend)

Not a gambler———JACK

By: gary tyndall

gary tyndall — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:55:37 +0000

going by what most of you have said ,that is having investments over long or short term ,your gains have been minimal if any ,nothing like the projection ,offered or forcasted,the coclusion that i come to. is aint worth letting these over paid under acheiving theiving slobs play with your hard earned monney.they never actually produce anything of value to anyone ,nothing physical,they play with numbers and and peoples lives ,which mean nothing to them ,and after a hard day sitting behind a computer ,they go off to fancy drinking den a waste your money ,waiting for thier obscene annual bonus for f#$%ing up ,all trading should stop and they should get proper jobs ,selfish scum ,i have met many of them and they laugh vigaruosly about their balls ups ,not a care for the people they destroy

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:19:20 +0000

I used to believe the pundits who said you should stay in for the long haul but not anymore. If you can get in on a rising market trend and get out on a downward trend you can maximize your gains over time and minimize loses. Sure, you may miss a little of the beginning of the rally and take some of the decline but over time you will do better. I never recovered from the 2001-2003 era by staying in. You never make up the compounding gains (rule of 72). I know people who have done this and last year I lost 60% of my 401K and they were up 2%. Hey I wish I were up 2% last year! Anyway – realize some brokers will tell you to stay in because they make the most money on stock funds and the least on money markets so they don’t want you to take your money out of stocks. Just my opinion. Have a prosperous 2009!

By: Mark S

Mark S — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:02:39 +0000

When I saw how the stock Market reacted to Obama’s “spread the wealth” speech, I became nervous. When I saw he was gaining in the election, I dumped my Mutual funds and went to a 90 day T-bill fund that has always been between 3 and 5% APR. I also saw how many trends were going in the economy as well. You have really keep a close eye on your retirement accounts every day.I just sat and watched the market crash. I am sorry so many people lost their money.

By: john

john — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:19:17 +0000

thanks for your wise foresight. Don’t you feel stupid now?