Investing 102

[Flash68]

Greg - quite a reversal today on your ex-div stock... and the market overall.

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Love this thread !!!!

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

Love this thread !!!!

And we love you!

[Bucketlist2012]

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

Love this thread !!!!

Yes. It is a Great Thread.

I was just thinking a few things this morning.

One is Dividends were paid overnight again. Not much, a few hundred bucks, but hey, it is money.

The next is that this thread keeps going, and that is a blessing just to keep people thinking. All all other sites, when you talk about money, or someone asks about it, it turns into people thinking you are bragging about your money..

Far from it... I am a guppy compared to Greg, and some people would take him talking his numbers as bragging, and it would go south quickly. Yes, his numbers are mind boggling, but i commend the grown-ups on this site that are truly looking for Opinions from those that have and do...I call it, the Success leaves Clues method..It will speed up your learning curve by taking in those opinions.

Next, Since my method is the same , but my Choices are different, I have been Re-Researching all my Investments, just to see where I am at.

I did it by looking at what I owned and the 3 and 5 year Total returns, the Dividends paid, and it's strength long term against it's competition..

That best of the breed, long term numbers, and growth for the future..

For me, all is working good, but just saying that using the methods talked about here work, whatever you end up choosing.

Also, if you don't have a Schwab account, get one.. You can research and get all the numbers you will ever need to make your choices, and they are reasonable fees.

Thanks Greg and others that keep this alive... I have stopped talking Investing in other places...Seems like they don't want to hear it..

BIG mistake and missed opportunities..Also depending on Pensions, and the Government, is a dangerous Play. For me, it is a Worse play than my High Yielding assets..

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Flash68

Greg - quite a reversal today on your ex-div stock... and the market overall.

Yep -- and it's why I purposely posted "Paper gains".... they come and they go... but now instead of a $59 grand paper gain I'm down to $30 grand...




I remember when I put new money to work around February 2011 (the account that I use for examples here).... and it went straight up about 200K.... and 3 or 4 months later (summer swoon) I was DOWN 200K.... so a 400K swing... but... always the big butt... I continued doing what I know works "most of the time"... bought a ton of stuff during the swoon and by Xmas I was up 335K (not counting any of the dividends -- we're just talking paper gains). We all know that since January 1st it's been off to the races.

I "pitch" DIVIDENDS because that is REAL MONEY.... money that I actually spend (quite liberally as you all know! ) and that keeps coming regardless of the paper gain or loss. That's why I like them!

I keep pitching them in this thread because they're particularly useful for guys just getting started and because they buy shares when the markets are lower so they're automatic savings.

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Yep -- and it's why I purposely posted "Paper gains".... they come and they go... but now instead of a $59 grand paper gain I'm down to $30 grand...

Too bad you didn't sell it prematurely like APPL.







Sorry GW, couldn't resist

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Too bad you didn't sell it prematurely like APPL.







Sorry GW, couldn't resist

Oh.... I only left about $192,000 on the table on that trade... I've done far far worse than that!

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Oh.... I only left about $192,000 on the table on that trade... I've done far far worse than that!

So far................

[WSSix]

lol, you guys are awesome!

My Roth account stuff is approved so I just need to make a phone call on this first deal to get the money moved. Hopefully, I'll have a day this weekend to take a looksee at the stocks I'm interested in and make my final selection.

In the meantime I made another donation to my online savings account which has earned me mega bucks since the beginning of the year. $29 dollars to be exact.

[Sieg]

Good for you Trey!