Comments on: Watching The Stock Market http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/ Value Investing Blog Mon, 16 May 2011 10:55:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: geno cash is king http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/#comment-1084 geno cash is king Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:30:07 +0000 http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market#comment-1084 The intelligent investor is one of the greatest books ever written.I love the way he says:short term the market is a voting machine but long term it is a weighing machine.I have had many so called "brokers" but then I realized they were doing their job making me broker!Since reading the Intelligent Investor I have changed my thinking dramatically.I no longer care about stock prices but more about the value of the companies I am buying.I understand the value of riskless cash and now have available cash when the market crashes.When the market would crash before my "broker" would tell me to sell my losers and buy winners and as always keep none of my money in CASH because the market always goes up long term.Graham states there is no guarantee that the market short term will outperform riskless cash.I no longer follow the market mania day to day.The cash I have insulates me from the hysteria.IF I had all my money in the market I would surely panic and be a "speculator and not an "investor"CASH IS KING!!! The intelligent investor is one of the greatest books ever written.I love the way he says:short term the market is a voting machine but long term it is a weighing machine.I have had many so called “brokers” but then I realized they were doing their job making me broker!Since reading the Intelligent Investor I have changed my thinking dramatically.I no longer care about stock prices but more about the value of the companies I am buying.I understand the value of riskless cash and now have available cash when the market crashes.When the market would crash before my “broker” would tell me to sell my losers and buy winners and as always keep none of my money in CASH because the market always goes up long term.Graham states there is no guarantee that the market short term will outperform riskless cash.I no longer follow the market mania day to day.The cash I have insulates me from the hysteria.IF I had all my money in the market I would surely panic and be a “speculator and not an “investor”CASH IS KING!!!

]]> By: Joe Ponzio http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/#comment-99 Joe Ponzio Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:06:07 +0000 http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market#comment-99 <b>Mike</b>: Sorry, I completely missed your comment and just saw it now. Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you keep coming back! <b>M.E.</b>: Welcome back to the world of investing in wonderful businesses. So long as you own wonderful companies and got them for fair or bargain prices, go do what you <i>really</i> enjoy. Let the managers worry about the business every day! Mike: Sorry, I completely missed your comment and just saw it now. Thanks so much for visiting and I hope you keep coming back!

M.E.: Welcome back to the world of investing in wonderful businesses. So long as you own wonderful companies and got them for fair or bargain prices, go do what you really enjoy. Let the managers worry about the business every day!

]]> By: M.E. http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/#comment-88 M.E. Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:13:41 +0000 http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market#comment-88 Joe, Your site is gold! Thanks for posting, as a reminder of what investing should be, Buffett's and Graham's wisdom about watching the tape. After reading your post, I turned off the ticker on my PC. I'm happy with my purchases, so I don't need to watch them all day, every day. Joe,

Your site is gold! Thanks for posting, as a reminder of what investing should be, Buffett’s and Graham’s wisdom about watching the tape. After reading your post, I turned off the ticker on my PC. I’m happy with my purchases, so I don’t need to watch them all day, every day.

]]> By: Joe Ponzio http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/#comment-86 Joe Ponzio Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:48:04 +0000 http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market#comment-86 Hi BP, I think the 1973 version is the most comprehensive - and of course, Buffett's collaboration makes it gold. The 340 pages of technical writing may be too much for many readers which is why I link to the original, 250-page work from 1949. In my opinion, Zweig's 640-page work helps bring the ideas up to speed, but at the expense of getting away from Buffett and Graham's raw teachings and injecting a bit too much contemporary thinking. The principals of business growth and value investing are timeless. I would recommend that readers new to The Intelligent Investor start with the 1949 version (the linked one) and then add the 1973 text for further, more detailed analyses. Hi BP,

I think the 1973 version is the most comprehensive – and of course, Buffett’s collaboration makes it gold. The 340 pages of technical writing may be too much for many readers which is why I link to the original, 250-page work from 1949.

In my opinion, Zweig’s 640-page work helps bring the ideas up to speed, but at the expense of getting away from Buffett and Graham’s raw teachings and injecting a bit too much contemporary thinking.

The principals of business growth and value investing are timeless. I would recommend that readers new to The Intelligent Investor start with the 1949 version (the linked one) and then add the 1973 text for further, more detailed analyses.

]]> By: BP http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/#comment-84 BP Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:58:28 +0000 http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market#comment-84 Wondering about the version you linked to. I've read the 1973 edition (Buffett Intro.), and recently bought the revised Jason Zweig edition. Any thoughts on those two versus the one you link to? Thanks Wondering about the version you linked to. I’ve read the 1973 edition (Buffett Intro.), and recently bought the revised Jason Zweig edition. Any thoughts on those two versus the one you link to?

Thanks

]]> By: Mike http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market/#comment-82 Mike Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:07:36 +0000 http://www.fwallstreet.com/article/30-watching-the-stock-market#comment-82 Joe, I appreciate your openess. If I didn't already have The Intelligent Investor, I would buy it via your link so that you would get something for all you are contributing here. The first evening I found your site I spent several hours going over everything and your spread sheets. I learned more in that evening about investing than any book I ever read. Joe,

I appreciate your openess.

If I didn’t already have The Intelligent Investor, I would buy it via your link so that you would get something for all you are contributing here.

The first evening I found your site I spent several hours going over everything and your spread sheets. I learned more in that evening about investing than any book I ever read.

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