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- From: doug_d@sdd.hp.com
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- Subject: Re: YOUR stock picks
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:53:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.163942.19832@spectrum.xerox.com> <1993Jan24.043651.40853@ux1.cts.eiu.edu> <C1DJDp.I0B@cs.uiuc.edu> <1993Jan26.215538.792@informix.com>
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- In article <1993Jan26.215538.792@informix.com>, robs@informix.com (Robert Schneider) writes:
- |> In article <C1DJDp.I0B@cs.uiuc.edu> watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe) writes:
- |> >cfwpm@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Bill McGown) writes:
- |> >
- |> >>For some excellent choices of stocks to consider look at Barron's
- |> >>for this week, last week and next week! There were some very good
- |> >>ideas expressed in both choice and reason for choice. Give it a
- |> >>look. (They must have named at least 60+ stocks that one could
- |> >>consider.)
- |> >
- |> >>Bill
- |> >
- |> >I agree that there are some good picks there -- but
- |> >there are a lot of mixed signals coming out.
- |> >
- |>
- |> This brings to mind a question that I've been pondering:
- |> Namely, by the time you see these recommendations in Barrons, Wall
- |> Street Week, etc, isn't it too late? Haven't the recommended
- |> stocks all had their upsurge (if any) by the time you can get in?
- |> The reason that I say this is that I've read a study by Norman Fosback
- |> regarding the performance of stocks recommended on Wall Street Week.
- |> He showed that they performed best right *before* they were mentioned
- |> on the show; after the show, they tended to perform very poorly.
- |> Has anyone ever seen a similar study regarding Barrons picks?
- |> I'd be especially curious to see short term (30 days or less)
- |> versus longer term performance for recommended stocks.
- |>
- |> (I also wonder what kind of vested interest the "experts" have
- |> in touting a stock)
- |>
- |> Rob
-
- Maybe so. I bought Dr. Pepper bonds when they were at 23. When they
- climbed to around 90, they were "recommended" in Biz Week.
- I bought some MGM/UA bonds at 60, about 2 yrs ago. Now that they are
- around 87, they were "recommended" in (Biz week or Forbes) recently.
- So I wonder...
-
- doug
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