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The opposite of a market loser

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 9 February 2010, at 11:57 p.m.

In Response To: The opposite of a market loser (Tom Keith)

Tom Keith wrote:

usually you look at just one side at a time. (Otherwise, the term "market loser" is ambiguous.)

I agree that the term "market loser" is ambiguous, and if we were starting over from scratch I might rack my brains for a better term. But "market loser" is such a firmly entrenched piece of terminology that we're stuck with it. The fact that it encourages people to think of just one side at a time is a bad thing; it is precisely what I'm suggesting we attempt to correct.

So I think that any term of the form "market something-er" has a big advantage over any term that doesn't suggest that it's the opposite of a market loser. I concede that "market freezer" may not be the world's best term but so far I haven't seen or come up with anything better. I looked around for other economics jargon for quite a while without success.

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• 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.