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Strategies & Market Trends : Dave Gore's Trades That Make Sense -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (4725)	3/31/2002 8:20:01 PM
From: d:oug	Respond to of 16631

Dale, I agree, acts of redemption will Rule :o) as those who i shamelessly in graphic horror displayed on this thread from a me'ism being in a plus 20 thousands range as most "latest contest results, only 9 out of 31 players turned a profit" were there for all to see under water with a few just threading that ten thousand water line thready holding onto a threadbare thread threaten with the threat to fall from that threshold knowing that a few have already sunken to a depth under three thousand where no Light of Hope reaches. Best to remember that these "free" non-money prizes Dave Gore will give out will actually cost Dave real cash money if the cost of shipping & handling is included in the prize awarded to those of current contest with 1-day left to declare who get them naturescapes-gallery.com pictures that contain wild flowers, rainbows, New England Fall colors etc. "... Maybe Dave could run two contests, one straight buy and hold with buys on April 8 only and a second contest with more trading." If my take on what Dave Gore has recently posted is correct then only a straight buy and hold will be available if it requires Dave Gore to supply all the time, money and prizes. If so then i have a quick short easy question to ask about any straight buy and hold in regards to time duration and number of stock picks available. To me a three month hold period in these changing times is too long, especially if unexpected news like in the current contest knocked down a pick in the second week leaving it in the dumps for the following ten weeks, so to me a one month hold period is best, but then while two or three prizes from Dave's naturescapes-gallery.com gallery over a three month spaced period is o.k. with Dave, I'am sure it is too much with the shipping & handling costs for a single month period unless only one prize is given to the single winner only. Then I wonder about a single stock pick versus where like you mentioned "...only 9 out of 31 players... SP500 is flat YTD. So... [9 out of 3] beat the main market index." might reflect that rather than a contest where everyone picks a "moon shot" that everyone create a portfoilio to run against an index, but then i'am clueless on whats in the sp500 if its a sample of all sectors, etc. But if Dave's ability to display that results posts can be set up and just run each week without any added effort, then the number of picks per contestant could be a large number. Golly, i'am not only babbling but out-of-line here. d:oug