| The public opinion data reported in the study entitled Investing in a Dot-Com
World: Americans Attitudes and Apprehensions are the result of a total of
2,900 telephone interviews conducted with Americans, 18 years and older,
living in the continental United States. Interviewing was conducted from a
central telephone facility during the period of April 18 through May 1, 2000
utilizing a random-digital-dial (RDD) sampling methodology. |
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SIMILARITIES (value-investing vs. growth-investing)
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Imagine if you would a perfect world where all prices moved lockstep
with fair market value. In a hypothetical market with no price disparity
there would be no price movement until there was a change in earnings.
Of course thats little more than a wet dream because the real-world market
is not content with the past. The marketplace is focused exclusively
on the future and responds most vigorously to the unknown and the unexpected.
The stock market is the epitome of perpetual motion reacting to the
ever-changing perception of future earnings and the myriad of ramifications
that may affect the outlook. As it happens, perceived change is just as
forceful as actual change. Recently a stock plunged 60% in 1 trading session
due to a false rumor. After the truth was revealed it took 3 trading days
to retrace 3/4 of a bogus decline. |
| While the dot-com revolution has inevitably led to more content and commentary
about investing -- and at increasing levels of detail and sophistication -- the
survey findings suggest that many Americans are being left behind in something
of a knowledge gap -- and many even report feeling confused and fed up,
added Ms. Wood. |
