Chimera?

In another context, related to the theme of tru'eng, we used "chimera" to describe some of the aspects of the markets that have so many ideological problems, such as the cause of bifurcations, etc.  This post, basically, is to demonstrate awareness (as in, the blogger not being a raving idiot as some of those talking heads seem to act like) that many (very?) make oodles in that context, albeit to the chagrin of the insightful (as in, lots of the gains are pocket picking, pure and simple).

What we need to show is that many more (the vast majority) make little to nothing from the reality of money. Remember, there are billions of persons on the planet. Those with accumulations greater than 6 figures (using current US bucks) is in the millions, and, even if these might be in the 100s of millions (which they are not), it is still a small percentage.

So, what to do? Well, finance, and its gaming, are only one piece of our bailiwick. And, we are interested due to misuse of mathematics and computation. Of course, it is our duty to show wherewith we speak. Want to follow? Stick around longer than a few minutes or even months.

The data (comes from a firm who shares it wherewithal who reported recently - seen on the web on 01/07/2015).

Company	Percent Increase	Since
Baidu (BIDU)	2,840	2006
Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR)	1,507	2009
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)	1,072	2005
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)	1,025	2005
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)	995	2007
Salesforce.com (CRM)	769	2009
Catamaran (CTRX)	858	2009
Tesla Motors (TSLA)	678	2011
Zillow (Z)	318	2012
BofI Holding (BOFI)	203	2012
Facebook (FB)	235	2012
Trex Company (TREX)	211	2012
Ambarella (AMBA)	188	2013
Stratasys (SSYS)	115	2012

Several things are obvious. Holding long can (not necessarily, that is the trick) make someone money. Warren, and others, showed that. Too, the longer, the higher the increase. The problem, though, is that one huge factor in the retrieval is price at sale. Selling can lower price, for one thing. Too, trying to time so as to get your "gains" is another (brains all the way back to Bohr and before have told us that).

But, there are several things to discuss here. Arguing that liquidity requires playing game with people trying to invest is way off the mark, ethically and a lot of other ways. Arguable? Not if one really cares about a sustainable economy.

Remarks:   Modified: 01/15/2015

01/09/2015 -- Dow Jones: 33% of companies claim to have lost business to unethical competitors. Goes along with the chimera coming from charades (intentional and otherwise).

01/14/2015 -- Chimera and charade? One example.

01/15/2015 -- At last, a series that will establish the basis and extensions, as required. We are going to go back to some simple and come forward to the modern, complicated economy. Why? My long chain of ancestors (inherited via Prof. Lucio Arteaga) is one motivation.