14 Meaningless Stock Market Phrases | The Big Picture

14 Meaningless Stock Market Phrases | The Big Picture

Great list from Henry Blodget of Business Insider

14 Meaningless Phrases That Will Make You Sound Like A Stock-Market Wizard

“The easy money has been made.”
“I’m cautiously optimistic.”
“It’s a stockpicker’s market.”
“It’s not a stock market. It’s a market of stocks.”
“We’re constructive on the market.”
“Stocks are down on ‘profit taking.’”
“The trend is your friend.”
“More buyers than sellers.”
“There’s lots of cash on the sidelines.”
“We’re in a bottoming process.”
“Overbought.”
“Buy on weakness.”
“Take a wait-and-see approach.”
“It’s a show-me stock.”

The full article with detailed explanations is worth a read.

Source:
14 Meaningless Phrases That Will Make You Sound Like A Stock-Market Wizard
Henry Blodget
Business Insider, December 29, 2014
http://www.businessinsider.com/meaningless-market-phrases-that-sound-smart-2014-12

Category: Investing, Really, really bad calls


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