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The opposite of a market loser

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 1:03 a.m.

In Response To: The opposite of a market loser (David Rockwell)

Thanks to Bob and Maik for pointing out the existence of the term "lemon." Given that Kleinman and Zare have both used the term, it's the closest to being a "standard" term so far. However, I can't say I like it all that much, because it makes me think of a broken car rather than something that has gone sour. So if there's still an opportunity to change the term I would be in favor of doing so.

"Regrets" isn't bad, but I just took a quick look at that article by Zare, and he explicitly uses the term "lemons" for the concept I'm interested in, using "regret" in a slightly different sense (for example, you can regret doubling and you can regret not doubling). Because of this, I worry that using "regret" will cause confusion.

If I had to rank the terms in decreasing order of preference, I would say:

1. Market freezer
2. Reversal
3. Lemon
4. Market anti-loser or anti-market loser
5. Regret

Messages In This Thread

• The opposite of a market loser
  Timothy Chow -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 3:46 p.m.
  • The opposite of a market loser
    David Rockwell -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 4:38 p.m.
    • The opposite of a market loser
      Ray Kershaw -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 4:50 p.m.
      • The opposite of a market loser
        David Rockwell -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 4:55 p.m.
        • The opposite of a market loser
          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 6:39 p.m.
          • The opposite of a market loser
            Bob Koca -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 6:42 p.m.
          • The opposite of a market loser
            Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:51 p.m.
            • The opposite of a market loser
              Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:22 p.m.
              • The opposite of a market loser
                David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:47 p.m.
                • The opposite of a market loser
                  Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 7:03 p.m.
                  • The opposite of a market loser
                    Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 10 February 2010, at 12:52 a.m.
  • The opposite of a market loser
    Phil Simborg -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 5:11 p.m.
  • The opposite of a market loser
    Maik Stiebler -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 10:58 p.m.
    • The opposite of a market loser
      David Rockwell -- Monday, 8 February 2010, at 11:24 p.m.
      • The opposite of a market loser
        Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 1:03 a.m.
        • The opposite of a market loser
          Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 5:34 p.m.
          • The opposite of a market loser
            Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 9:46 p.m.
            • The opposite of a market loser
              Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 11:05 p.m.
              • The opposite of a market loser
                Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 11:57 p.m.
                • The opposite of a market loser
                  Daniel Murphy -- Wednesday, 10 February 2010, at 12:23 a.m.
    • The opposite of a market loser
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:42 a.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 1:40 a.m.
    • The opposite of a market loser
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:07 a.m.
      • The opposite of a market loser
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 3:38 a.m.
        • The opposite of a market loser
          Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:07 a.m.
  • The opposite of a market loser
    Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 9:12 a.m.
    • The opposite of a market loser
      Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 4:21 p.m.
      • The opposite of a market loser
        Fabrice Liardet -- Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 8:17 p.m.