Do Valuations Matter?

Buyandhold 2012
https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/1677741-buyandhold-2012/5117110-valuations-matter

Summary

Of course valuations matter.

No stock is worth buying when it is significantly overpriced.

I will use Microsoft as an example of why valuations matter.

There has been some debate on Seeking Alpha as to whether or not valuations matter.  Chuck Carnevale seems to think that they do matter.  Chowder does not seem to place much importance on valuations.

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From https://www.lovemoney.com/gallerylist/52663/stocks-your-parents-should-have-bought-in-the-year-you-were-born

26 MAY 2016

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Investment Rules And Strategies - Buyandhold 2012's Blog

From https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/1677741-buyandhold-2012/5102612-investment-rules-strategies

Jan. 21, 2018 10:53 AM ET

Summary

The Chowder Rule.

Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.

Buyandhold2012 and his mother.