Money 101

[DownWithPumpers]

Lowman, not trying to promote a stock just want to use as an example.

Could you tell me if you see a bull-penant on the nyx chart as it looks like one to me but maybe I'm not interpreting correctly?

The first chart I would look at would be NYX against the market and against its sector:


A portfolio manager wanting to put money into this sector would probably have (NYX, NDAQ, and CME) among his choices. I think even a casual glance at that chart indicates that:
1. All of the stocks have started down, but NYX has just started its downtrend.
2. NYX ran up on excess momentum.

The basic fundamental of looking at the P/E also indicates that the NYX is the most expensive of the group. I've heard that NYX has the most potential to cut costs because they have the least automation and the most overhead (specialists). That may counteract it's current overvaluation versus its peers.

At the very least it doesn't appear to be a compelling value.