Investing 102

[GregWeld]

All the discussion about "oil and related".... most of them in the dumper... there are a couple that aren't, but basically this "group" is horrendous...

This is EXACTLY why I love and would remind you all - to keep a decent portion of your investments in the steady eddies. Build your base around them. Once you have your good base - then you stretch your wings and grab a couple high fliers. While they're never the hot darlings - or the water cooler bragging rights... they - for the most part - pay decent percentage of dividends and, while they don't go up quickly - they don't go south quickly either. Do they go up and down -- sure! But they generally do so with the market.