Death to 'Buy and Hold': No Slowing Down 'Fast Money's' Macke and Adami

wow! the bald guy woke up!

To "Buy and holders", losses are locked every day when the market closes. If it is a loser, dump it and move on. There is always another opportunity or you can buy it back in the future.

I think the little guy should leave his money where it is if he doesn't need it. By pulling out money all the little guy is doing is lowering the price of the stock so the rich guy can come in and buy them up at the lower price and add to his fortune. Fear and greed are running the market right now.

Loser!

It will be interesting to see if the word "investor" is removed from newly printed 2009 dictionaries.

Ask the Japaneese what they think about a Long Term Strategy. And the people that lost 50per cent plus in their pension funds.

Back when stock investing was all about finding good companies, buy and hold was logical. Good companies had good long term prospects. Now, investing is a game of roulette, manipulated by inside traders with little fundamental logic. It's a game designed for the "house" to win by creating unpredictable movements in stock price that nothing to do with value and much more to do with the act of trading.

Back when stock investing was all about finding good companies, buy and hold was logical. Good companies had good long term prospects. Now, investing is a game of roulette, manipulated by inside traders with little fundamental logic. It's a game designed for the "house" to win by creating unpredictable movements in stock price that nothing to do with value and much more to do with the act of trading.

Back when stock investing was all about finding good companies, buy and hold was logical. Good companies had good long term prospects. Now, investing is a game of roulette, manipulated by inside traders with little fundamental logic. It's a game designed for the "house" to win by creating unpredictable movements in stock price that nothing to do with value and much more to do with the act of trading.

No long term investing...just in time for the baby-boomers who thought they were saving all their lives so they could retire some day. Well, now that half of their 401K is gone (and still declining), what do they do?! Wake up!!! We are all being fleeced!!! Baaaa, Baaaa

Lets face it! You only really lose money at the moment you sell! Otherwise it is just an INVESTMENT that is lowered, but if it is an INVESTMENT, is that really long term?

Anyone realize how lopsided stocks are? Take for example, if you want to purchase a business, the price is between 1 and 3 years of profits. The P/E ratio that is above 3 is overpriced according to the rules of thumb for all other businesses. Stock Markets are a PYRAMID SCHEME with added bells and whistles. The Dow Jones Industrial Average WILL NOT GO UP IF MORE INVESTORS DO NOT INVEST!

The greed bubble has burst!Corporations, and rich run the world. Everytime we have a merger the working man person gets paid less or losses there job. Greed from Corporations,Hedge Funds,Cox that got rid of the no tick rule last year all had a part of our collapse.Everytime a Corporation merges the little guy looses his job,gets paid less,so the rich can get richer.Most people live on credit which the banks love.how many trillions are we in the hole?The stock market is just a game that hurts alot small people.All these mergers have created a monoply,Wal Mart,about 4 major banks ect.

yeah fast money boyos...you lost "fast" too just like the rest (on your AAPL call at 125, or your Brazil plays( its always a stock pickers market... you guys starting your own hedge funds?...aka thx for the mention of div stocks as counter to traders market ieL buy and hold

In response to an earlier post: Stock market losses/gains are NOT locked at the end of the day when the market closes. If I buy a stock today at $1/share, and sell it in 10 years for $10/share, I make a profit of $9/share, no matter the volatility in between. Of course, that money might be actually worth less due to inflation, but I still got $10/share when I sold it. Those shares were NOT constantly bought and sold on a daily basis! Just because today's price is low, doesn't mean that you've automatically lost the money! You only "lock in" gains/losses the day you actually sell the stock. The stock shares in your account are NOT sold off every day, unless you actively do this (or direct your broker to do this, against his/her advice I'm sure)! "Buy and hold" as a long-term investment strategy does assume that the market will keep going up over time, as it has throughout history, even when you factor in the various booms and recessions/depressions. If the market rules (official or otherwise) change enough that this pattern is not a valid predictor, then (and only then) should the long-term investor change strategies. Nothing is a sure thing, there are risks to every investment (including stocks, bonds, real estate, commodities, etc.). If you are not comfortable putting your money in stocks, then invest in something else, it's your money! The educated investor is aware of the options, risks, and rewards, and acts accordingly. I will not retire for nearly 30 years (if ever!), so the majority of my portfolio is indeed stocks. As the years go by, I will gradually shift my investments to less risky ones so that a wild market swing like the current one will not have as much as an effect on my portfolio's value. Of course, if the rules change along the way, I'll get more information, more advice, and act accordingly. It's my money and my risk, so it's my decision! I am not a financial advisor, just an educated consumer. As always, do what you want with your money, and don't blindly follow my advice (or anyone else's); get educated!

Do your homework and buy businesses at fair prices...don't listen to these guys.

The world is full of "Chicken Littles." they've forgotten the adage "Buy low, sell High." Rather than instill confidence in the market, they poor out gloom and doom. Stick a fork in them and turn them over, they're done.

And, why did the government/taxpayer bail out these yahoos? If the stock market has been reduced to a casino, then, should anyone put in a portion of their income for retirement?

In my opinion, hedge funds and short-selling should be banned. If you don't own a stock you can't sell it. Period. It's kind of like me selling my neighbors house out from under him (even though I don't own it), and then when he's been evicted, I buy buy it back at a lower price and pocket the difference. It's these kinds of traders that LOVE market instability because they can shake fearful individual investors out of the market with massive short sales, and then profit from that fear by buying back stocks later. I say lets linch em!

"He prefers more stable companies with easily understandable balance sheets like McDonald's. But, again, just for a trade." Why would someone care about the balance sheet if it's "just for the trade" ??