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To: Mattyice who wrote (54754)	1/8/2015 1:36:40 PM
From: bruwin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78627

OT Hi there Mattyice ..... Firstly, with regard to the Less Important topic of English grammar. I guess it's somewhat of a fad of mine to sometimes react to the incorrect use of a word or phrase. Rest assured I've been guilty of that myself, and I welcome anyone bringing it to my attention. My pointing out the use of "you're" to deeno should not have been taken as a negative reflection on the content of his post #54741. I thought it was a good one and I've recently confirmed that via a Recommendation. Of course, I could enter into debate as to what business is it of yours what I communicate to a third party, but why be negative, let's rather be positive. Secondly, with regard to your reference of the MORE IMPORTANT topic of "investment idea(s)" ... In that respect you may want to visit my board at Fundamental Value Investing, and especially that board's Header. There you will find a fair amount of information regarding investment strategy and investing criteria. The majority of it coming from the world's current most financially successful stock market investor, Warren Buffett. You will also find reference to several Portfolios whose stocks were suggested and voted for by myself and more importantly by numerous other visitors to the board. All of those Portfolios have had a positive Capital Gain since their inception and several of them are beating the S&P500 ETF bench mark. I put together one or two of my own Portfolios by choosing several stocks, from those Portfolios, that were more in line with the criteria that I prefer to target. One of those Portfolios has gained over 63% in the last +/- 21 months. In addition, there are quite a few individual stocks from among the list of Portfolios that have gained between 80% and 100% in the 21 month period. My board's header also contains reference to Company Research done by other SI members which have been published in other locations. I'd say, lots of useful information there. So, even for someone of the advanced age that you allude to, it seems to me that I have collaborated to produce a fair amount of "investment (related) idea(s)" that you were wont to query .... in your none "Off Topic (OT)" manner. However, on a more equitable note ....... Being in your declared mid twenties, I'd say that there is no better time than now for you to begin to accumulate a store of wealth for your later years. After all, you have the distinct advantage of having time on your side. And to stand the best chance of achieving that, my suggestion is that you chart a course set out by that individual I referred to several paragraphs ago. From him you will determine what criteria to use to best choose profitable companies and at what price and at what time to best purchase shares in those companies. After all, it is not for nothing that literally thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders come from all over the world to attend his company's AGM in out of the way Omaha, Nebraska. He must have done a lot right to be worth over $40 billion. And, in my opinion, one of the most valuable investments you can make, at your declared age of 25 years, is to spend $16.56c and purchase a copy of "Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements" currently available at Amazon.com, ... assuming, of course, that's it doesn't already have pride of place on your bookshelf.