What a Ride.
- Posted by chicagosean on August 25th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
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Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO of Apple – PANIC! We’re gonna sell off!
Warren Buffett rides in on his white horse to save Bank of America – BUY EVERYTHING! The Bull is back!!
The German DAX throws up on itself and pukes 3.5% in the last 30 minutes of trade – WE’RE FLASH CRASHING! Get me out!
What a wild 18 hours we’ve just had in the Stock Market. All this whipping action caused by competing headlines is wearing down Joe Investor and people are leaving the stock market. Whether it’s macro events or fraud or natural disasters… it seems there are hidden landmines all over the landscape.
It’s easy to get distracted.
Then @IQMSUpdate posted this message on StockTwits this morning:
And this message was soon followed by this two-year chart of McDonald’s ($MCD) posted by @rafitax…
Wow…where did this come from? This chart is beautiful… and the stock is sporting a 2.75% annual dividend to boot!
When the markets are crazy, its easy to get thrown from your plan. But if you take the time to step back and take a wider view, you’ll find all kinds of good opportunities. Thank you to @IQMSUpdate and @rafitax for the reminder.
~ Sean McLaughlin: Editor & Curator, StockTwits (@chicagosean)
TAGS: $AAPL, $BAC, $DAX, $GLD, $GC_F $ES_F
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