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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tekboy who wrote (7434)	10/4/1999 9:02:00 AM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

>> if one wanted to get in yet thought a sell-off was possible, wouldn't the logical thing to do be to dollar-cost-average your purchase half before and half after the announcement? Imo, one of the best parts of Gorilla hunting is that it reduces the investment decision list to 1 - what to buy. When to buy and when to sell are eliminated, since this is a buy and hold long term approach. It's much easier to be right about 1 decision than it is to get 3 out of 3 right. I have purchased msft, intc, csco and qcom and never timed it right!. But thanks to their Gorilla behavior, it's turned out wonderfully in each case. The following is one of the basic investing tenets that I learned during my dellhead phase, modified for Gorilla gaming: Q: When's a good time to buy a Gorilla? A: Anytime's a good time to buy a Gorilla!!! The trick is to make sure your target IS a Gorilla. uf