hey steve--"been there, done that!"
i believe, the key phrase is in your first question. "when do you leave a winner?" well, unless i'm missing something, and i usually do, you never want to leave a WINNER! if you've AIMed a winner, you've taken money off the table and are now sitting pretty. as basic AIM preaches, as long as a companies basics don't change, look for and live with the cycles that present themselves, with AIM managing it for you all along the way.
however, since money is just that and sometimes we get lucky and you have a ten bagger and all of a sudden we're talking serious shekels here, it's perfectly natural to feel like you've got this one humungous EGG in one basket and eggs do break.
so, swallow the tax consequences and decrease the size of the egg to something you're more comfortable with and move on. take that money and buy some more stuff you believe will also be ten baggers and don't look back in case the current eggs continue to sizzle. peace of mind is priceless and remember, you're way ahead of the game and that's what it's all about.
congratulations on having the type of problem we wish we all had all the time.
good luck
sk |
