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Money Manager Peter Schiff Had It Right In 2006
While the markets staged a modest rally in the last hour, financials and commodity stocks showed no signs of life. Not so with energy: many big names were up 2-6 percent; this is one of the only sectors that has not had a disastrous November.
Hewlett-Packard [HPQ
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The comment from Saks [SKS
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Meanwhile, GM ended down nearly 8 percent. The market is saying that, even if GM gets some money from the feds, it will be given out so parsimoniously, with so many strings attached, that it will be make little difference to the equity holders. Equity holders are likely to be wiped out whether GM goes under, or whether they get a big bailout in the next few months.
Finally, stock traders were passing around the video, which consists mostly of money manager Peter Schiff, head of EuroPacific Capital making dire predictions about housing and the stock market. What’s relevant is he was making these predictions in 2006, and was being openly laughed at on TV. This is a lesson in humility for everyone who is so confident in their bullishness, or bearishness.
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