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Old 07-28-2007, 05:51 AM
The once and future king The once and future king is offline
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Default Re: options (finance)

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So if the dollar rallied tomorrow that would retroactively transform the markets from bear to bull according to you.


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nobody's saying that. you're dumb.






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The market increased in its nominal value, trended upwards and was stable and predictable, it was a bull market. (note the was)

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i personally couldn't care less about nominal value, or the short-term stability or predictability of the market.

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They might not be saying that, but that is the inescapable logical outcome of that statement. Maybe that escaped you.
There are so many reasons why calling the market for the last 5 years bear is ridiculous. As I have said, if the dollar increases in value, that retroactively changes it from bear to bull, also, if you call it bear you have no way of distinguishing the last 5 bull years from the true bear period that proceeded it.

As for not caring about predictability etc, what you are saying (I dont think you think things through at all) in effect is you dont care if you can predict the market. What sort of trader are you?
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