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Originally Posted by toy71camaro
Edit... all in all, i am breaking the rule of investing 102.. im comparing "timing" of the buy, which isnt as important as JUST BUYING ONE. lol
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Albert -- You are doing what this thread has been trying to get people to do... just compare -- think about them (any company) -- scale in if at all possible... and you're not really "timing" the market by seeing that a company may temporarily be down while the other is up... What you need to do when you see something like that is to try to figure out WHY that is so. Dig a little deeper... Google some news -- go back a bit and try to see if there was an "earnings miss" -- or a takeover of another company that has temporarily got the company off track... Try to FIND something that may explain the "issue". Some times you'll find nothing -- and sometimes you'll learn something that makes you like the company even more. In the end -- you're buying a piece of the company and the management - and the products they make.... and you need to feel good about that choice.
If 10 years from now -- you're only up 67% vs the other company up 85%... you really didn't make a "mistake"... and if during that 10 year period there was a point in which the companies were trading down -- and you held your position because you were comfortable owning it.. then that is what really matters.
We're preaching DIVERSITY as well here -- this is just ONE pick out of the 10 plus companies you're going to choose.... If you were at the horse races and you're picks finished 1st -- 3rd -- and 4th... you're still a winner.