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Time for Investors to Pick Up the Garbage Disposal Companies

 Jul 15, 2008 02:02 PM UTC
Return Risk
+12.51% HIGH
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Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
AW Positive 07/15/08 -13.30% --
RSG Positive 07/15/08 -16.76% --
WCN Positive 07/15/08 -9.12% --
WMI Positive 07/15/08 -6.08% --

Graphic_arrow1 Via Long Investment Ideas from Seeking Alpha:  

With all of the major indices now in bear market territory it seems as though the best way for a long investor to play this market is to avoid the losing stocks and switch into the winners. I sometimes liken investing to gambling, but the advantage of investing over gambling is that you can change your bet at any time. Imagine if you were playing blackjack only to find that you had a very weak hand. But in this particular game of blackjack you can swap cards with the person sitting next to you and as luck would have it, that person has a very strong hand that looks very likely to win. Now, you could always risk going bust and take another card to try to strengthen your hand, but given the option virtually any gambler would take the bet that is closer to a sure thing. Unfortunately, when gambling a player doesn't have the option to change his/her hand, but an invest

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