Re: Investing

From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 22:55:32 MDT

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    From: "Phil Osborn" <philosborn2001@yahoo.com>

    > Ok. So far so good in my "day-trading at the
    > library." My ROI over the past year is right about
    > 100% - I've doubled my money, simply by choosing
    > stocks of companies that looked undervalued and had
    > something new that looked solid that they were
    > bringing to market.
    >
    > Anyway, the rub is that if I sell at the points where
    > I might think I ought to, then I get to pay a large %
    > of any earnings in taxes. Suggestions? Note that I
    > am a real amateur in this area.

    Pay the taxes. It's still better than 1) losing the money; or 2) not making
    the money in the first place. And if you trade your exponential growth can
    be tremendous.

    Olga



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