When they do, the profits are recorded on their financial statements here, and the future cash flow from those investments is capitalized into their value on our stock market.

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Many of the companies on our list have had strong stock market performances this past year.

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Every Presidential election has major implications, but in our opinion this one should have little impact on the stock market.

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One caveat: Chinese companies are not required to disclose all their financial information, so some of our financial numbers are based on a group's stock market listed subsidiary.

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So, while the stock market clearly remains in a downtrend, our take on the tea leaves is we managed to move away from panic-mode on Tuesday.

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We believe that two key drivers of EMC stock and our views on those drivers explain why our price estimate is well ahead of the market price.

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Thus, even if the company manages to double its market share by the end of our forecast period, it will only have a marginal impact on its stock price.

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Henry Mercer III: Here at Mercer Capital, we've been bullish on the U.S. stock market because pessimism has been so abundant, and little has changed to alter our optimistic outlook.

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