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

To: Stock Farmer who wrote (54536)	10/31/2003 7:03:33 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

sell the losers and keep the winners. This too will lead to a portfolio of Gorillas. Not all winning stocks are gorillas. Some stocks are just lucky or at the right spot for the time. Some are fads. You actually have to be looking for a gorilla if you expect to find one. TP

To: Stock Farmer who wrote (54536)	10/31/2003 8:55:12 PM
From: Mathemagician	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

If the theory was valid, the same would hold true of the market. You know, invest in a broad portfolio of stocks, sell the losers and keep the winners. This too will lead to a portfolio of Gorillas. I disagree for a variety of reasons, the two most salient being that instead of starting with a market that grows as fast as the market, you start with a market with a good chance of being ultra-high-growth and that not all stocks that outperform the market are gorillas. <font face=wingdings>e</font>