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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates
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To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (41272)4/1/2001 3:44:01 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh  Read Replies (1) of 54805
 
IF one throws in commissions,

In addition to forgetting to be civil, which is the one primary requirement of this thread, you are also forgetting that this thread is long term buy and hold ... if one isn't busy buying and selling, then one isn't incurring any commissions.

Over the same period

This phrase is key to the difference in this thread's point of view and what seems to be yours ... assuming that you actually have a point of view that is something other than merely attacking others. One can always pick a period to compare A versus B to make either one look unfavorable. If one's focus is short term, then picking which is which in any given period is key. But, if one's focus is long term, then these short term issues are really beside the point since we start off with the assumption that attempts to time the market are at least as likely to go wrong as they are to work, regardless of the temptation of hindsight.

Where are the risk controls

Had you made any attempt to familiarize yourself with the focus of this thread, instead of simply leaping in with both guns blazing, you would have found that the risk management here lies in picking the right companies *over the long term*. A gorilla has control of a market in a way that other companies don't and therefore is not subject to the same kind of whims that can lead other companies to lose favor unexpectedly and irreversibly.

I can't imagine why you are choosing to post on this thread if you think so little of our orientation. I am sure that you would be happier elsewhere.
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