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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (89686)	8/23/2007 6:23:00 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 313127

That was a good post black Swan. My NEW-lol-portfolio (as well)has done me well as I bought the stand outs, moving back up, like FNI and EXN and EPM B wts at .31. black Swan: "I didn't lighten up as much but I did similarly.. I didn't suffer nearly the drop I would have (I've been monitoring what I sold) and have picked up some nice bargains with the dry powder. Plus that meant I was never in panic mode during the draw down.. doing stupid $hit. I don't think you were wrong. Actually in my case I've what I think is a more solid portfolio now. How is protecting capital wrong ? In all the trading books I've read... forget about entry and exit.. Protecting capital and knowing when to take a smaller loss are recurring themes... blackie..