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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (375342)	10/1/2008 7:56:06 PM
From: posthumousone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

The first thing you should know about stocks before adding them to your portfolio is that they carry a certain amount of risk. This is because the returns on stock are not guaranteed; not by the government, not by the company issuing the stock, and certainly not by your broker. That means that there is a chance that your actual return will be different than what you had expected. For instance, you might purchase stock under the expectation that its price will rise steadily over time and that it will pay you annual dividends. However, if the company experiences financial problems, you may not receive the price appreciation or the dividends that you expected. In fact, the company could even go out of business, in which case you could lose your entire investment. On the flip side, however, there is always the chance that the stock will outperform your expectations. It could double in price and start paying out hefty dividends, in which case you would enjoy a gain greater than what you had expected. Because there is uncertainty regarding which of the various possible outcomes will occur, you bear a certain amount of risk when purchasing the equity. OH WAIT,,, never mind.