Watching the ups and downs of stock prices can be enough to make you seasick. If you own stocks, you've undoubtedly followed their prices with a feeling of either satisfaction or disappointment, depending on how your investments have done. Short-term swings can be bewildering, and sometimes it seems as though stock prices follow a logic all their own. Even so, it is possible to break down stock performance in ways that help distinguish solid growth from inflated expectations.
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