Originally Posted By: Krijack
I think the job a business is to generate profit in a manner than insures future profit, and that the value of the business should be based off profit and hard assets. The issue is not so much with the companies and how they act, but how the market rates and values the companies.


Totally agree. It's a shell game to get rich and the Wall Street boys are VERY good at it. See Pets.com as the classic example. The onus is on the individual investor to remove the wheat from the chaff and invest in good companies with real assets. If the stock is a .com or is a "flavor of the day" pick - be wary and do your homework. People wanna get rich right now and once you hear about it, its already too late. Blue chips with assets for solid long, term sustainable growth for this guy. I won't get rich overnight, but I won't get broken either. It's all about our individual comfort levels and ability to absorb risk. I don't have much to start with, so I'll be damned if I am going to let some prick hedge fund manager get even richer of my hard earned greenbacks.
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