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...sides were always fighting. When the ranchers were ready to move a herd, for instance, they didn't stop to think what a thousand hooves would do to the tiny sponge traps scientists use to collect invertebrates from beaver ponds. Seeking detente, Lohr and Trampe started talking, and each was surprised by the other's willingness to learn. They began having long discussions about agriculture and the environment. Lohr saw that the area's century-old cattle-rotation system--driving the herds into the high country in summer while growing hay on the valley floor--meshes with the natural ecological...
Still, the episode is a reminder that the market has herd instincts. The popular stocks are the ones that go up. But you never know what's popular until after a big move, and popularity can be fleeting. The best way to win is to hunt for good companies that are out of favor. Then wait. If they really are good, the herd will find them, usually after some event calls attention to what the crowd has been missing--like Gates writing a check to Comcast. That's the way Warren Buffett invests. Buffett--one of Gates' buddies...
...killings by the state of Montana are threatening the future of this magnificent symbol of our nation's commitment to conservation," he said. Nonsense, countered Montana Governor Marc Racicot, who last week termed Babbit's utterances on buffalo "rhetorical posturing." Montana is already plagued by a booming Yellowstone bison herd that should be reduced to no more than 2,000 heads, he said. But Interior Department statistics suggest that target has already been met. The herd, which numbered 3,500 last October, is now down to around 1,500 heads thanks to a combination of shootings and severe winter weather...
...killings by the state of Montana are threatening the future of this magnificent symbol of our nation's commitment to conservation," he said. Nonsense, countered Montana Governor Marc Racicot, who last week termed Babbit's utterances on buffalo "rhetorical posturing." Montana is already plagued by a booming Yellowstone bison herd that should be reduced to no more than 2,000 heads, he said. But Interior Department statistics suggest that target has already been met. The herd, which numbered 3,500 last October, is now down to around 1,500 heads thanks to a combination of shootings and severe winter weather...
...before the next sharp market decline--the dreaded bear market. Incredibly, the current blistering pace would roll the Dow past those milestones by year's end. How far is up? That question is relevant only to those able to spot the market's top and get out before the herd--which is to say it is relevant to no one because while some may get lucky, no such expert exists...