Tag: Value Trap
Avoid Buying A Value Trap
Traders have a lot of funny sayings about stocks, almost all of them filled with contradictions… “What goes up, must come down” or “Don’t try to catch a falling knife” come to mind immediately. These highly generalized statements apply accurately to many different things. They’re overly simplistic statements of common sense. I mean really, who […]
Value Trap In The For-Profit Education Industry
When a former high flying stock has its price slashed, there’s always the temptation to buy. The stock simply looks too cheap to pass up. But beware the value trap… Just because a stock has already seen a steep decline doesn’t mean it can’t continue to fall. And if you’re only looking at the stock’s […]
