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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates
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To: Greg Hull who wrote (26290)6/13/2000 2:02:00 PM
From: DownSouth  Read Replies (2) of 54805
 
I'm convinced there are twitchy people and placid people, or high-pass and low-pass people to use an engineering term. Some people just have to do something. Doing nothing is worse than doing the wrong thing.

My opinion is about "a person with a decent Gorilla Game." What you describe is not one who "got game". A person who has great skills at basketball, but insists on shooting rather than passing ain't got game. A person who understands Gorilla Gaming, but insists on trading rather than holding ain't got Gorilla game.

I used to be one who just had to do something in a market crisis. Since early '99 I have added more and more discipline to my game to the point of staying away from the computer when the market forces are hurting my portfolio, but stay in touch enough to know what real events (as opposed to "the market") are going on that affect my individual stocks.

I still have this gnawing little voice saying "You just lost 1/2 your net worth. There must be something you can do!"

I reject the notion of classifying people as high pass and low pass. People may behave one way or the other at any given time, but people are able to modify their behavior based on education and experience. I was high pass, but am learning to be low pass in my investment moves.

Even nervous, twitchy people can learn to play baseball, play chess, sing, or write poetry (though I do none of these things very well).
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