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I've said just recently how much different I look at the market and my investments now as compared to in the past...thanks mainly to this thread.

The main difference for me is things are scaled way down with only a handful of really stable companies in my portfolio. This lets me be clearer with things going on, keep a closer eye on things, and more importantly the quality companies in my portfolio do not take the wild up and down swings with the DOW that the investments I held before used to take. This is comforting and exciting to me. I do look for down spots to invest more as I'm still less than a third reinvested, thankfully though, all of my companies are still up over where I originally bought them starting early last year. XOM is toeing the line but with dividends is still in the green.

Many thanks to Greg Weld and the rest of you touting this thread over the years, it has made a difference in my life and many others I'm certain.