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  • December 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM #16783
    Katy Perry
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    looking for a few comments from anyone who understands this.

    We Have three different markets In the US with different companys in each. How can the daily and inter-daily percent changes be so close. each percent change for each market seems to always be with in 1/4-1/2 a percentage point everyday ( been checking this for weeks now). how can this be. Is this normal?

    seems strange.

    December 9, 2009 at 8:35 PM #492473
    XBoxBoy
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    To me this isn’t strange at all, but perfectly sensible. You’re assuming that stock price movements have something to do with the performance of the companies, but the evidence is that for the better part, stock price movements are totally unrelated to the companies. This might be hard to accept, since it is such an ingrained concept that the two are related.

    From what I see, stock price movements are overwhelmingly about traders trying to figure out ways to take other trader’s money. I’m not sure what it means if the markets are all trading synchronously, but I assure you it has nothing to do with the companies that the markets represent.

    December 9, 2009 at 8:35 PM #492635
    XBoxBoy
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    To me this isn’t strange at all, but perfectly sensible. You’re assuming that stock price movements have something to do with the performance of the companies, but the evidence is that for the better part, stock price movements are totally unrelated to the companies. This might be hard to accept, since it is such an ingrained concept that the two are related.

    From what I see, stock price movements are overwhelmingly about traders trying to figure out ways to take other trader’s money. I’m not sure what it means if the markets are all trading synchronously, but I assure you it has nothing to do with the companies that the markets represent.

    December 9, 2009 at 8:35 PM #493018
    XBoxBoy
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    To me this isn’t strange at all, but perfectly sensible. You’re assuming that stock price movements have something to do with the performance of the companies, but the evidence is that for the better part, stock price movements are totally unrelated to the companies. This might be hard to accept, since it is such an ingrained concept that the two are related.

    From what I see, stock price movements are overwhelmingly about traders trying to figure out ways to take other trader’s money. I’m not sure what it means if the markets are all trading synchronously, but I assure you it has nothing to do with the companies that the markets represent.

    December 9, 2009 at 8:35 PM #493107
    XBoxBoy
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    To me this isn’t strange at all, but perfectly sensible. You’re assuming that stock price movements have something to do with the performance of the companies, but the evidence is that for the better part, stock price movements are totally unrelated to the companies. This might be hard to accept, since it is such an ingrained concept that the two are related.

    From what I see, stock price movements are overwhelmingly about traders trying to figure out ways to take other trader’s money. I’m not sure what it means if the markets are all trading synchronously, but I assure you it has nothing to do with the companies that the markets represent.

    December 9, 2009 at 8:35 PM #493345
    XBoxBoy
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    To me this isn’t strange at all, but perfectly sensible. You’re assuming that stock price movements have something to do with the performance of the companies, but the evidence is that for the better part, stock price movements are totally unrelated to the companies. This might be hard to accept, since it is such an ingrained concept that the two are related.

    From what I see, stock price movements are overwhelmingly about traders trying to figure out ways to take other trader’s money. I’m not sure what it means if the markets are all trading synchronously, but I assure you it has nothing to do with the companies that the markets represent.

    December 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM #492503
    scaredyclassic
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    yup. weird, isn’t it? no one invests in anything particular anymore. it is all speculation now.

    December 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM #492664
    scaredyclassic
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    yup. weird, isn’t it? no one invests in anything particular anymore. it is all speculation now.

    December 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM #493048
    scaredyclassic
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    yup. weird, isn’t it? no one invests in anything particular anymore. it is all speculation now.

    December 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM #493137
    scaredyclassic
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    yup. weird, isn’t it? no one invests in anything particular anymore. it is all speculation now.

    December 9, 2009 at 11:03 PM #493375
    scaredyclassic
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    yup. weird, isn’t it? no one invests in anything particular anymore. it is all speculation now.

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