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Investing Quotes by Alex Berenson

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Alex Berenson points out that as firms expand they eventually saturate markets and face tougher rivals. He explains that markets try to absorb new information fast, while short sellers borrow shares hoping prices will drop. He also notes that investors often chase big earnings without fully grasping how those profits are generated.

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An attack on the scale of Sept. 11 would rock the markets and the economy.

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Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors.

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Predicting the market is always tough.

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At the end of 2000, most investors were optimistic that a return to quick gains could not be far off.

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Corporate executives often buy or sell shares in their companies, and stocks rarely rise or fall significantly when those transactions are reported.

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If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do.

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Most companies can survive even if their debt ratings are lowered below investment grade, although they will have higher borrowing costs.

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Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.

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As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors.

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Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter.

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The stock prices of networking equipment companies like Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks sometimes seem as if they are priced for perpetual…

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It's no secret that big institutional investors have a lot of advantages on Wall Street. They get the first chance to buy…

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Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising oil prices and dozens…

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Generally, a rally will have staying power, technicians say, if, in addition to price movements, it has heavy trading volume and breadth,…

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The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it…

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Institutions like mutual funds often worry that if they disclose their plans to buy a stock, copycats will move quickly and drive…

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To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could otherwise be used to invest in stocks…

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For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer…

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In general, great companies prefer to grow 'organically,' as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding…

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On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades…

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The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then…

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Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum…

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Short sellers sell stock they have borrowed, hoping to buy it back later when its price has fallen.

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Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market that led to increased consumer spending.

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Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary.

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Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are…

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In market valuation, Yahoo is worth about as much Walt Disney and the News Corporation combined.

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In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains.

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Although not well known outside Wall Street, Freddie Mac and its corporate cousin, Fannie Mae, are two of the world's largest financial…

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Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive…

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It's one of the fundamental principles of the stock market: When interest rates go up, stocks go down. And along with financial…

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After a generation of misrule under Mr. Hussein, who built a huge military infrastructure while neglecting civilian investment, and a dozen years…

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Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business and depress corporate earnings and because…

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The details of the personal expenses that executives put on the company tab often are not known because loopholes in federal disclosure…

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In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter…

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Traditionally, companies have made major announcements before or after the close of trading so that all interested investors and analysts are apprised…

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Of course, the discounting of future earnings should hurt all stocks. But it should hurt technology stocks more than others, because so…

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For value investors, General Motors is a tempting target. The company's share of the North American auto market has steadily declined for…

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Many newly public companies are able to post a year or two of strong sales growth off a small base, but their…

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To economists, prices serve as crucial signals to producers and consumers. In a regulated market, the state sets prices high enough for…

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