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Data Update 1 for 2023: Setting the table!

Musings on Markets

These assertions may very well be true, but cheap and expensive, at least in pricing terms, is relative, and looking at the data can help you detect rules of thumb that work from those that do not. I do report on a few market-wide data items especially on risk premiums for both equity and debt. Price to Book 3.

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Buy the Dip: The Draw and Dangers of Contrarian Investing!

Musings on Markets

As a constrained contrarian, you are hoping to avoid value traps , every value investor's nightmare , where a company looks cheap on a pricing basis (low PE, low price to book) and proceeds to become even cheaper after you buy it. Contrarian Investing: The Psychological Tests!

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