Nancy, Carole, Joan, et al: I am also a woman who has spent her every last available cent--plus some that weren't supposed to be available on ancr. I first bought ancr in June, '97, but I traded those shares. Then I bot at 11, 12, 10, and 8. Stopped buying and waited for a bottom. Began buying again in September, October, November, December '98. Added some dividend money from another account that I never trade in January. Sold another stock (that I really like, but is slower moving than ancr) in April or May. Bot more ancr!!! Now, no money left to spend. Encouraged my son-in-law to buy in January and had to listen to his telling me that "You are costing me money!" Now, he buys more without my even mentioning it. Got my sister to sell all her losers and buy more ancr, too. She first bot in '97 when I urged her to get some at 12!!! But good sister that she is, she bot again in April, May, and June.
Kerry, thanks for squelching some of the rumor-mongering.
Jim, thanks for the report from the meeting today.
Now, my name: Evy. It is short for Evelina, the name of my mother, grandmother, and great-grandfather's first cousin. This is somewhat important, for my great-grandfather's first cousin was the only one in the family who had any gold at the end of the Civil War. My great-grandfather told her that he would take care of her for the rest of her life (she was an orphan and the gold had come from her father) if she would loan him her gold so he could get back on his feet. From her loan, he amassed 33,000 acres of land. His descendants are living on his investments today. I often wondered why I could not do as well as he did--why I did not have the investment acumen he had. Now, I think I may have inherited a bit more of his sagacity than I previously thought! |
