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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: rayvt 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: A different way to measure momentum
Date: 07/12/26 2:51 PM
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That's just another article based on the same paper. I guess that paper caught someone's eye and so every market author at different magazines wrote the same articles in their own words.

Takeaway: Don't do long/short momentum. The "momentum crash" is the short side getting crushed on the rise off the bottoms.

I am happy with the current approach that we've been evaluating.
Invest in the high momentum stocks and use SMA timing to sit out the bad periods. You don't need to capture the initial rise off the bottom -- although it would be nice. You don't need to lay your neck out on the chopping block by shorting. You don't need to stretch for a few extra percentage points on an already high-profit strategy by taking on extra risk.
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