The Day Ahead: Beware of Paper Champions
It kind of hurt me to hear Clubber Lang call Rocky a "paper champion" in Rocky III. After all, I witnessed America's champ endure all those bloody battles with Apollo Creed in his rise to relevance. I indirectly felt every nose-breaking jab to the face. In my eyes, the Italian Stallion was most certainly not a paper champion -- that is, a superstar who has gotten there by triumphing over unimpressive opponents. The idea is that this person essentially stays on top amid a consistent stream of weak challengers, and the real threats to the throne are kept at bay until some future date.
But I do humbly advise you to beware of "paper champion stock rallies." These one- or two-day advances in the market have the following characteristics....703 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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