Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:26:12 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:33:35 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

You cannot just look at one year either from a positive or negative
aspect.
One of the more interesting things I became involved with was back
testing - I started doing this about ten years or so ago using 1
month, 6 month, 18 month, 36 month spans.

It's really an interesting way to determine the value of any long term
investment.

Now, I've got programs that will forward test, back test, sideways
test, upside down test... :)

I don't trade as much as invest long term. Every once in a while you
get interested in something or the other and invest in that. Solar
stocks recently have been a winner for me - funds and single
intestments. Probably will be handing those off to the kids.

I've mentioned this before, but I still have IBM stock from thirty
years ago. :)
What a lousy hold that has been. 8-)

Horrible - the return has been - horrible.

I'm so ashamed. :)

I've also been very lucky - as in REALLY lucky with my long term
investments. We dumped most of our portfolio, with exceptions, on
September 10th, 2001 and intended to reset investments on the 12th.

Whew... :)

I think you might be getting a visit from the feds this morning.