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To: Elroy who wrote (6059)	10/12/2010 7:19:48 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	of 34328

It's interesting how different folks have different ways of looking at the market... yet we all have similar ultimate goals.. I mentioned 'and taking various factors into account' in my post to Tom.. Yield on cost is only one factor.. I find current yield to be deceiving when looking at a yield play I purchased that has suddenly popped.. measuring a short term cap gain against current yield makes the cap gain look more impressive.. that is my point.. so I measure what I'm really earning on my original outlay against the short term cap gains (yield) I can book from a sell .. I look at the probability of increased dividends, likelihood of a pullback (which itself has many variables).. etc etc.. Yield on cost as a buy/sell metric on its own is useless.. but a part of a package... very valuable.. to me.. OK I'll stop now.. :O) TBS

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