Originally Posted by
Ben Rafael
When it comes to the market it has been my experience that the "experts" are wrong more often than they are right.
Maybe, maybe not. You're only getting the advice they're willing to give away, and when it comes to "free" market advice, 'buys' and 'holds' outnumber 'sells' by a huge margin.
What I've seen is that when the respected experts say to buy a stock, the stock usually goes up. But knowing when to sell that stock is just as important, and you almost never hear that same expert say, "Hey, you remember that stock I told you to buy two months ago? It went way up, right? Well, now is a good time to take your profit and get out of it."
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
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