Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Stock market as a conduit for transferring wealth

The stock market is a conduit for transferring wealth from those who confuse price with value to those who do not, and from the impatient to the patient.

An investor, armed with knowledge of what their stock is worth, will sit tight and ony buy and sell when the price created by speculative traders is most advantages. Real investors don't generate a lot of brokerage fees.

Also, if a recommendation by advisory newsletters is not accompanied by an assessment of value and the business performance that created the value, a stock can only be bought on faith and sold on ignorance.

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