Investing 102

[Sieg]

Great feedback it's nice to see so many people taking this to heart!

If I may, I'll speculate that like myself many might be hesitant to post comments or questions for fear of exposing their perceived lack of investing/financial knowledge or be labeled neglegent for not addressing investing or retirement funding matters earlier in their life.

What I've observed is the key contributors in this thread have a reasonable amount of experience, put a lot of effort into their delivery to insure they are sensitive to the "other" issues, and have a genuine desire to help fellow car enthusiasts.

The common objective appears to be getting people engaged and learning about fundamental investment principles and strategies, thus creating opportunities for themselves to improve their financial position and quality of life.......no matter what the age or phase. What I really appreciate is that the information is not being handed to us on a silver platter, we're being forced to think and investigate which greatly adds to the value of the lesson.

Please don't hesitate to participate, more participation creates more learning opportunitites, which deliver more qualified dividends to the participants.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

If I may, I'll speculate that like myself many might be hesitant to post comments or questions for fear of exposing their perceived lack of investing/financial knowledge or be labeled neglegent for not addressing investing or retirement funding matters earlier in their life.

A very astute perspective and one that I hadn't thought about....

So we'll just assume there are readers out there -- and when they want to chime in -- then feel free.

I just finished having dinner with Rodger (Ironworks) and Jason (WAR) and after the flight down -- and going over to the show and messing around a bit - I'm too tired to do the re-cap... so that will have to wait.

Tomorrow we hit Waldens before the show opens up...

[Sieg]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

A very astute perspective and one that I hadn't thought about....

So we'll just assume there are readers out there -- and when they want to chime in -- then feel free.

I just finished having dinner with Rodger (Ironworks) and Jason (WAR) and after the flight down -- and going over to the show and messing around a bit - I'm too tired to do the re-cap... so that will have to wait.

Tomorrow we hit Waldens before the show opens up...

Have a great time! I expect to see a lot of pictures from that fancy iPhone 4s. The company you keep reminds me of your portfolio's.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

Have a great time! I expect to see a lot of pictures from that fancy iPhone 4s. The company you keep reminds me of your portfolio's.

I did manage to buy this tonight -- snagged it before the show opens
tomorrow!! Everyone needs shop art!

[Sieg]

That's cool! What carb(s)?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Sieg

That's cool! What carb(s)?

The artist and his wife were kinda busy trying to set up the booth ... so I didn't take a look at the carbs... I just spent some time picking out the one I wanted.


RE: Investing 102

Man I was sure hoping FORD (F) was going to blow away this quarter... This is where we see the effects of Europe on "our" companies. Mind you -- they still did fine they just "missed" the estimates. When companies "miss the estimates" they go down. I don't own any Ford but was kinda keeping an eye on it as a possible.

[Sieg]

Regarding Ford - What factors would trigger you to purchase shares?