GM Earnings: On the Pink Sheets, They Still Don't Get it - Wall Street Journal (blog)

GM Earnings: On the Pink Sheets, They Still Don't Get it
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Greater Fool theory needs to be renamed the Bigger Moron theory or the Even More Brain-Dead theory. Meanwhile, perfectly fabulous real companies are on ...

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Avoid Treasuries - At Least for Now - Seeking Alpha (blog)

Avoid Treasuries - At Least for Now
Seeking Alpha (blog)
The "greater fool" theory plays out everywhere. Valuations reach extreme levels during this phase. During the euphoric phase, new valuation measures and ...

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Apple: With More Cash Than Anyone, Time To Pay A Dividend? - Barron's (blog)

Apple: With More Cash Than Anyone, Time To Pay A Dividend?
Barron's (blog)
@banker: dude, you are clueless: your message assumes that companies like Apple and MBZ product advantages are based on some “greater, greater fooltheory ...

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A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds - Seeking Alpha (blog)

A Termite-Riddled House: Treasury Bonds
Seeking Alpha (blog)
From a recent post, here's a representative quote: I do think corporate bonds, especially most junk is playing for the greater fool. ...

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The Fed Engineers Another Bubble - Benzinga

The Fed Engineers Another Bubble
Benzinga
The greater fool theory is a concept in finance where you buy an asset (usually in the context of an overpriced asset) in hopes of another “fool” buying it ...

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Will Phoenix rise from college bubble? - MarketWatch

Will Phoenix rise from college bubble?
MarketWatch
So naturally, on the general theory that capitalism is more efficient that socialism, I've always been interested in Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL) , owner ...

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WHY IS MONEY? - Benzinga

WHY IS MONEY?
Benzinga
Maybe we have something of a modified “greater fooltheory where we expect that it will have a value to somebody else in the future. ...

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Dividends for Depression Era Investing, Part 2 - Seeking Alpha (blog)

Dividends for Depression Era Investing, Part 2
Seeking Alpha (blog)
Your thinking towards your business and investments has changed from the idea that you want to sell at a higher value to a greater fool, into one of wanting ...

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CBRE August Cap Rate Survey - Investing Contrarian

CBRE August Cap Rate Survey
Investing Contrarian
... which has long been the bubble within a bubble, continues to subsist purely on the premise of the (ever) greater fool theory, in that ML's research and ...

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Technically, Dell Is a Sell - msnbc.com


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Technically, Dell Is a Sell
msnbc.com
Here at Fool.com we're more interested in other measures of company value. When we look at Dell and its peers, here are the areas that interest us: Source: ...
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