Word: bargainers
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...visions of sipping wine in Provence clouding your thoughts at work? Cave in to them. The weakening euro makes Europe a relative summer bargain. Since its 1999 debut, the euro has lost almost 25% of its value with respect to the dollar. For U.S. manufacturers that export, that's not good, but for tourists it's a boon. The currencies of 11 European countries are tied to the euro, so their values have fallen in kind. In France $1 is worth 6.9 francs this month, versus 6.3 last year. That means a Paris hotel room, regularly $200 a night...
...everything on the Net was encrypted and belonged to small groups of with-it hipsters, you would never find a bargain there. You would never find much of anything. You'd have to wait till some hacker in the know was willing to give you the power handshake and turn you on to the cool stuff. That might not cost very much, but it doesn't feel very free...
...headlining band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, was a bargain compared to 1999's Violent Femmes...
...case last year. Who didn't enjoy that historic 86% jump in the NASDAQ? The gain overwhelmed economic fundamentals, though. Fueled by our faith in technology and the riches minted in previous years, mass psychology swung to the greed side, and stocks were viewed as a bargain at any price...
...that there is no way to tell how long this irrational gloominess will rule. Investors should come to grips with the possibility that we have entered an old-fashioned bear market--one that lasts six to nine months before reaching bottom, is marked by frequent suckers' rallies that pull bargain hunters in too early, and fails to recover quickly off the bottom. Give me a crash anytime; the next day is a buying opportunity. A slow bloodletting demoralizes. It doesn't end until the dip buying stops, and by the time you realize that's happened, you've missed...