So when I see a compression on a wild swinging stock I consider it a no-brainer trade to simple watch and wait for the big move to begin.
Wild swings in stock prices can make for big losses if not protected by stops or options strategies, but it can also mean big gains in a relatively short period of time.
Specifically, she has argued repeatedly that we are, in fact, better prepared when we are better insulated against potential wild swings in the stock market.
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Whole Foods looked shabby earlier this year when Chief Executive John Mackey, writing anonymously as "rahodeb, " was exposed for questioning why anyone would buy stock in Wild Oats online at the same time his company was preparing to acquire its rival.
One of the companies that had trading of its shares suspended today is Calypso Wireless, which has not filed periodic financials since February 2008 but has seen its stock go wild on sudden massive increases of trading volume on the Pink Sheets.
Whole Foods (nasdaq: WFMI - news - people ) looked shabby earlier this year when Chief Executive John Mackey, writing anonymously as "rahodeb, " was exposed for questioning why anyone would buy stock in Wild Oats online at the same time his company was preparing to acquire its rival.
When this happens, you can expect the stock to take wild, short dives that can shake investor confidence.
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There are no clear answers, which is reflected in the stock market's wild gyrations.
You could invest it in something wild, like a single technology stock.
But most Americans predict that the economy will not go into recession in the next 12 months, and only 37 percent say that the stock market's wild ride have made them feel less confident in about the nation's economy.
Pera owns 65% of the stock, so fluctuations in its price make for wild swings in his net worth.
The first is Facebook, the second Apple - and these wild gyrations in their value will do nothing to convince sceptics that there is anything rational about stock markets.
The actions spooked the stock market yet again on Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average into another tailspin and a wild ride.
But then he hit a wall: Either he could write equations that looked like the stock market but didn't allow him to predict stock price changes in any meaningful way, or he had a prediction system that did not account for wild price swings.
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