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slow4dr · #1 12-18-2012, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

P/E ratios don't make you any money. What you should be studying instead is the total return... 'cause over time - that is what makes you money.

Thanks, I am really trying to keep from having analysis paralysis so that simplifies some decisions.

bdahlg68 · #2 12-18-2012, 05:23 PM

Still very happy with ytd results... Up around 14%. Happy with positions going into the cliff. Considering some position in a US bank, but havent identified a best of best candidate yet. SCCO has turned into a gem....

**GregWeld** · #3 12-18-2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bdahlg68

Still very happy with ytd results... Up around 14%. Happy with positions going into the cliff. Considering some position in a US bank, but havent identified a best of best candidate yet. SCCO has turned into a gem....

Think about 14% --- that's like 1400% MORE than you'd get in a C/D at the bank.... What's not to like about that?

bdahlg68 · #4 12-18-2012, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Think about 14% --- that's like 1400% MORE than you'd get in a C/D at the bank.... What's not to like about that?

Yup... And it's better than the special funds of an investment account I have too.

**GregWeld** · #5 12-18-2012, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by slow4dr

Thanks, I am really trying to keep from having analysis paralysis so that simplifies some decisions.

Yes -- and that IS what happens.... it just becomes figures figures figures... pretty soon you can't remember anything but silly numbers. I've preached on here time and again -- just keep it simple! You're not running a 3 Billion dollar money fund... nobody is going to fire you because you were half a point off the average! Buy good (make that GREAT) companies... with good total returns... that have good % dividends... NAMES YOU KNOW and LIKE the company! Kick back and retire a rich guy.