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SMG Discussion Starters and Writing Prompts

 

Gas: Fifteen cent rise forecast - article (Courier Journal 3/10/2005)
Select one stock in your portfolio and tell how (or if) the projected increase in gasoline prices will affect the stock's value in the next few months.

Skepticism reigns, but pros see more life in bull market.
Article (Sunday, Courier Journal, February 20, 2005)

1. What is a bull market?  What is a bear market?

2. According to the writer, do investment professionals suggest that investors should be more "bearish" or more "bullish" for 2005?  Explain. 

3. If you were an investor with $100,000 in real cash to invest today, would you be bearish or bullish?

4. What does Mr. Goldman mean when he says "The best time to buy stocks is when you're most uncomfortable buying stocks", and "The worst time to buy them is when it's easy to buy them, emotionally."