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Perma-bear... lol... I love it. I read it, and I'm soaking it in...

Greg, I read your posts last weekend about MCD and SBUX and in particular how SBUX had a paltry dividend yet the total return was good because the stock price had grown.

I also read your posts back on 12/4 talking about year end market price fluctuations and what causes them.

Both of these scenarios in a way point to my feelings about the market pricing of stocks not really being tied to actual fundamentals or company performance, but more toward the line of supply and demand, what someone is willing to pay for said stock.

Sometimes market supply and demand affects a particular share price in a small way or for a short period, other times in a large way.

I think this is the major stumbling block for me. So many times over the years, I've done something a certain "right way" and been bit because of an outside element affecting a share price...and it has tainted my perspective.

I'm trying to deal with that now...that is why I'm participating in this thread. It's like therapy...

Plus, I just received my $100 fee for each of our Roth IRA accounts. That pissed me off.

And I love hearing the other's success stories...please keep posting them up.