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- From: chenl@cbnewse.cb.att.com (julian.l.chen)
- Subject: Re: Merck
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:59:01 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.195901.21277@cbnewse.cb.att.com>
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- jhsu@ih-nxt03.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Hsu) wrote :
- >> All of the analysts that I have read say its a good
- >> long term (>1year) buy.
- >Shouldn't this raise one's skepticism? Expectations are very high. If
- >earnings fall a few pennies short of analysts' expectations or if a bear
- >market strikes, Merck will tank in spite of its excellent fundamentals.
- >The stock market is not rational; just ask people who held the Nifty
- >Fifty.
-
- Are you sure you are talking about Merck ? Merck is no way a high flyer today
- by any standard. MRK already down more than 30% since early 1992 due to
- the Clinton effect. And now I bet it will outperform the market in the next
- 12 months. By the way, I put the money where my mouth is. I bought MRK last
- week.
-
- However, your comment is correct for the real Nifty Fifty today such as
- STAR, LOHO (resturant madness, PE > 60, PRICE/BOOK > 30).
-
- Julian
-