That is a great example of the "shoeshine boy" indicator.
If you don't know about it, Joe Kennedy got out of the stock
market in 1928 because as he said (and I misquote) "when every shoe
shine boy, taxi driver, and doorman has a stock tip, it is time to
get out of the market." While it is probably a terrible
timing tool, it does indicate the party is close to ending. I
had some neophyte friends as me over lunch last week if I was
trading GameStop and if I had any good stock tips. Of course
I told them to stick to their plan if they had one.
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That is a great example
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Posted by salieri on 12th of Apr 2021 at 04:11 pm
That is a great example of the "shoeshine boy" indicator. If you don't know about it, Joe Kennedy got out of the stock market in 1928 because as he said (and I misquote) "when every shoe shine boy, taxi driver, and doorman has a stock tip, it is time to get out of the market." While it is probably a terrible timing tool, it does indicate the party is close to ending. I had some neophyte friends as me over lunch last week if I was trading GameStop and if I had any good stock tips. Of course I told them to stick to their plan if they had one.