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

To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (22144)	4/3/2000 1:57:00 PM
From: shamsaee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

The topic is not the gorilla winning in the long term.If I had doubts about that, I would not be investing in them.The discussion is that many people invest as LTB&H,however they use a various of other tools in the form of options and shorts to protect their capital appreciation.Many of the elders on this thread, do use these tools due to the fact that they have been investing much longer and have seen it before.Maybe there is no such a thing as the perfect strategy but I personally feel that,I need to learn all the tools or at least have some knowledge about them before I dismiss them in order to be prepared better going forward.This market is turning out to be a great learning experience.

To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (22144)	4/3/2000 3:01:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike 2.0: The idea that the silverbacks are "sure things" still bothers me - a lot. They ain't. Nothing is except death and taxes (and sadly now regulation). I am therefore very concerned that this "sure thing" language is now part of the header for this thread. Bad and dangerous IMO. I strongly recommend its deletion and some substitute found for the idea that the old gorillas may have somewhat less fluctuation down than other companies do - if 30% plus down is "somewhat less" in the real world. And some better language than "sure thing" to convey the idea that the silverbacks are among the safest long term investments available and much to be recommended for a conservative "anchor" in a portfolio. Best. Cha2