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August 8, 2007 at 7:13 AM #9761August 8, 2007 at 7:17 AM #71682anxvarietyParticipant
I think I meant ‘elastic’ or maybe not π Elasticity is the measure of how demand is affected by change in price right? With things like cigarettes and gas being inelastic in that demand doesn’t or changes little with increases in price? Correct me, thanks.
August 8, 2007 at 7:17 AM #71798anxvarietyParticipantI think I meant ‘elastic’ or maybe not π Elasticity is the measure of how demand is affected by change in price right? With things like cigarettes and gas being inelastic in that demand doesn’t or changes little with increases in price? Correct me, thanks.
August 8, 2007 at 7:17 AM #71806anxvarietyParticipantI think I meant ‘elastic’ or maybe not π Elasticity is the measure of how demand is affected by change in price right? With things like cigarettes and gas being inelastic in that demand doesn’t or changes little with increases in price? Correct me, thanks.
August 8, 2007 at 8:17 AM #71713BugsParticipantValue is not the same as price. While the “price” of the stocks increase, so does the price for everything else.
August 8, 2007 at 8:17 AM #71829BugsParticipantValue is not the same as price. While the “price” of the stocks increase, so does the price for everything else.
August 8, 2007 at 8:17 AM #71836BugsParticipantValue is not the same as price. While the “price” of the stocks increase, so does the price for everything else.
August 8, 2007 at 8:26 AM #71716anxvarietyParticipantUnderstood.. but the price is still going up. If you buy and sell you make money. Not a game I’m playing since I’d rather have precious metals, but maybe a reason as to how stocks could go up right now?
August 8, 2007 at 8:26 AM #71831anxvarietyParticipantUnderstood.. but the price is still going up. If you buy and sell you make money. Not a game I’m playing since I’d rather have precious metals, but maybe a reason as to how stocks could go up right now?
August 8, 2007 at 8:26 AM #71839anxvarietyParticipantUnderstood.. but the price is still going up. If you buy and sell you make money. Not a game I’m playing since I’d rather have precious metals, but maybe a reason as to how stocks could go up right now?
August 8, 2007 at 8:45 AM #71722daveljParticipantThis has been discussed here in a previous thread. Inflation can help the earnings of some companies. BUT, the problem is that even if inflation helps earnings, the discount rate applied to those earnings increases as well, thereby reducing the present value of said earnings (i.e., the stock price). The negative effect of inflation on the discount rate (and thus stocks’ present value) is typically much greater than any positive effect on earnings. So, for the most part, inflation is bad for stock prices. See the 70s for a good example of this.
August 8, 2007 at 8:45 AM #71837daveljParticipantThis has been discussed here in a previous thread. Inflation can help the earnings of some companies. BUT, the problem is that even if inflation helps earnings, the discount rate applied to those earnings increases as well, thereby reducing the present value of said earnings (i.e., the stock price). The negative effect of inflation on the discount rate (and thus stocks’ present value) is typically much greater than any positive effect on earnings. So, for the most part, inflation is bad for stock prices. See the 70s for a good example of this.
August 8, 2007 at 8:45 AM #71845daveljParticipantThis has been discussed here in a previous thread. Inflation can help the earnings of some companies. BUT, the problem is that even if inflation helps earnings, the discount rate applied to those earnings increases as well, thereby reducing the present value of said earnings (i.e., the stock price). The negative effect of inflation on the discount rate (and thus stocks’ present value) is typically much greater than any positive effect on earnings. So, for the most part, inflation is bad for stock prices. See the 70s for a good example of this.
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