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Seeking greener pastures

Most specialists, like bankers, don't hold stocks of their own sector

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Devangshu Datta
What do you look for in a stock? It depends on the time perspective and willingness to take risks. Out-and-out traders look for the price target in the next hour or the next two days. Momentum players look for stocks that have been trending up consistently for longer periods. 
 
Long-term investors have more varied styles and strategies. Any of these work some of the time and none work all the time. Some look for reasonable businesses at reasonable prices. Some for great businesses at reasonable prices. Some look for great businesses at any available price. Others go to an
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