Investing 102

[GregWeld]

Okay -- Which one of you guys bought TNH?? And killed my run for the day...





To BC69:


All "interesting" but not really relevant to the small investor and not "Investing 102" (beginning investing - so super basic). Don't take me wrong here - what you're saying is great information and I certainly hope you continue to add to this thread... but you just did what all Wall Street guys do... You made very complicated reasoning/statements for what is a very simple idea.... which is for the average person... with a longer term horizon (let's say longer than 2 years)... to start to invest. That's what we've been discussing for 89 pages. Get started - here's some basic info to look for etc.

Several of us have been pounding the tables about keeping investing to pretty simple basic steps - buy best of breed - good long term charts - with good dividends...

Once you introduce all manor of calculations and EBITDA - and cash flow models and blah blah blah... the AVERAGE investor will quickly out think themselves.

I'm merely asking people to get involved in their own finances -- it's not complicated -- and if they keep it simple -- they are perfectly capable of of handling the job. I'm also using my own personal investing as examples... and I'm running millions of dollars in my own accounts. So I figure if it's good enough for me... it should be somewhat helpful to "others". It isn't complicated and if I can do it (and have been for 30 years) so can everyone else.

The last line in your post is exactly what we've been talking about... with the couple of additions I stated above (i.e., buy best of breed companies).