Re: Financial topics
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:35 am
Dear Barry,
buying behavior, leading to an asset bubble. This is the same
behavior that exists in any bubble.
The only difference is that people are implementing this behavior
through computer programs. The behavior is the same, but the
execution occurs in milliseconds instead of minutes or hours.
Sincerely,
John
What I described really isn't that radical. It's standard panicmannfm11 wrote: > There is one thing about the markets. That is that once the market
> is figured out it changes. It has to change because the trade has
> two sides and everyone can't be on the same side. This is what
> contrary opinion is all about, that the shorts have to become
> longs and the longs have to become shorts. If Johns article has
> any plausibility, there will be a crash because buying stocks
> don't make them more valuable and the players are all on one side
> of the boat, just like they are in the oil markets. Anyone really
> believe oil should be going up in a depression? Remember the
> people selling to these guys are sellers, not buyers so why would
> they bail them out?
buying behavior, leading to an asset bubble. This is the same
behavior that exists in any bubble.
The only difference is that people are implementing this behavior
through computer programs. The behavior is the same, but the
execution occurs in milliseconds instead of minutes or hours.
Sincerely,
John