Re: Investing

From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Sun Jun 15 2003 - 11:52:49 MDT

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    From: "gts" <gts_2000@yahoo.com>

    > Dossy wrote:
    >
    > > I'm not interested in proving anything. The strategy of "buy
    > > a sweetheart, hold it until it goes up 10% and sell it" seems to work
    > > pretty well.
    >
    > It might "seem to work pretty well," but if you look up at the clouds with
    > the same intensity with which you look at the financial markets then you
    > will begin to see clouds that seem to be faces and landscapes and farm
    > animals. It's the dark side of intelligence.

    And Dossy may not simply have been talking about selling at +10% *once* -
    this can be done on the same stock (or various other stocks) several times a
    year, leading to decent gains. If one were invested in a stock like TGEN
    recently (as my husband was), one would have realized 400% gains in a few
    days. (My advice for people who make a 400% gain on a stock, by the way, is
    to SELL the whole lot - or at least a portion of your investment - *don't*
    think twice!).

    How does the average investor know when to buy or sell? This would depend
    on the price at which the investor bought the stock, and whether they're
    investing long term, short-term, or for a swing trade, but one very simple
    guide that may prove useful for the average investor is AmericanBulls (this
    is only one *guide* of many that may be used, and does not take into account
    the next morning's news that hasn't happened yet, etc.). Here is their most
    recent recommendation on Drugstore.com (DSCM), e.g. (you can plug in any
    stock symbol to find what's up with a stock you may happen to own):
    http://www.americanbulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=DSCM%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&MarketTicker=NASD%20%20%20%20%20%20&TYP=S

    Don't know what's up with you gts. It doesn't seem to matter when I tell
    you that there are reliable techniques (not perfect on every trade, but
    reliable overall and potentially very profitable), and that while I grant it
    takes a lot of time and effort to learn the business (for people who are not
    average investors but who are doing this for a living) - it is possible to
    make a living trading and investing. The business is not for everyone as it
    is a sure bet one will lose money initially while learning, but that's the
    *price* of this education. For those people who stick it out and learn from
    their mistakes this business can be (dare I say it? yes, I've found it to be
    ...) fun and a good source of income. It may take a year - possibly two.
    Not too many people stick it out that long, but I'm talking about those who
    do (and they're the people I happen to know as I've gotten involved in
    trading and investing).

    Olga

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