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- From: jhsu@ih-nxt03.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Hsu)
- Subject: Re: Merck
- References: <4020013@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:58:59 GMT
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- In article <4020013@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> frank@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Frank
- Cada (Contractor)) writes:
- > All of the analysts that I have read say its a good
- > long term (>1year) buy.
- Shouldn't this raise one's skepticism? Expectations are very high. If
- earnings fall a few pennies short of analysts' expectations or if a bear
- market strikes, Merck will tank in spite of its excellent fundamentals.
- The stock market is not rational; just ask people who held the Nifty
- Fifty.
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