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Daily Archives: September 24, 2009

Shanda Games: IPO Excitement

September 24, 2009
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Shanda Games: IPO Excitement

It’s always exciting when a new stock comes public.  Well, maybe “exciting” is a little too strong a word, lets just say that it’s interesting. When the mood of the markets turns bearish and the global economy is going over a cliff, initial public offerings dry up quickly.  After all, nobody wants to put a big chunk of their company up for sale when buyers are running for the safety of government bonds. One of the bigger stories this week for those of us who follow emerging markets stocks is the public offering of Shanda Games (GAME), the new,...

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The Great Bull Market of 2009 and a Great Growth Stock

September 24, 2009
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The Great Bull Market of 2009 and a Great Growth Stock

Now, a confession.  On any given day, I don’t know the level of the Dow, or the level of the Nasdaq or the price of any stock I’m following.  I simply don’t remember prices.  But I do remember trends very clearly, and I can say with great certainty that today’s stock market is as strong as Arnold Schwarzenegger was in 1975, when he won his sixth consecutive Mr. Olympia competition. All the major indexes are strong.  The Advance-Decline Line is strong.  The number of stocks hitting new lows is minuscule.  And stocks in general do not appear overbought, meaning...

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