Donnie: Hope you are hanging in there. My letter to a friend( G,,,,) who is into Reits. What a nice quiet weekend with no market. It has actually cooled off here to less than 70 sometimes, at night. I have reshuffled the living room and moved computer into a spare bedroom. Lots of wires on them oldl computers. Have got my burned-out riding mower nearly reassembled after $500 in parts. Perhaps tomorrow will get engine started and see how it moves. Still need a gas tank and dashboard as they were made of plastic and just kind of disappeared in smoke as did the plastic engine and tranny cooling fans. You should do well with dividends. I need to make more (or do I)? I will probably go with less than 10 stocks and accumulate them at low prices. Maybe ally, tsco, nwre, brli,bprx, dell, and geacf. The problem here is only that of paying too much for my "favorite stocks" that I think will do well but others do not see them in the same light so I have to allow for the fact they will drift down for a while before positive factors kick in. Trading has gone OK, buying puts and calls, so that provides excitement and a chance to win or lose fast bucks. Not to mislead anyone, I did not make money last week. I have read all the news on Marketwatch for past several years which is pretty useless as they never say to sell. Watch the oils go up and down, defense go up and down, airlines go up and down, retailers go up and down- in fact most everything goes up and down except techs which only go down.. Have a good holiday Sig |