To: TokyoMex who wrote (3776 ) 4/1/1998 11:34:00 AM From: J. C. Dithers Respond to of 34592
My results as an SA member ... Not doing a careful audit, but here is my "before and after" unpaid, unsolicited testimonial: After managing my own portfolio for seven months, I was actually down about $10,000. (I'm past the age of feeling that I always need to claim brilliance and success ... I'm not good at making things up). Two months into SA, I'm up about $30,000 (it was more at some points). Big winners for me have been DGIV, RENT, TAVA, SEEK, and RNTK. I got hurt some with PEAFF and ACNTF. The one lesson I can't seem to learn is when to sell. One lesson I have learned is that I'm not ready yet for the quick momentum plays. I don't mind at all having paid a little to learn that. I'm doing all this with money I can afford to lose if it came to that. I'm not particularly doing it for myself so much as to create something more for my grown daughters and their families. Mostly I'm doing it because it's fun and exciting. I love the many days when the markets are down and I find my portfolio is up. I tell everybody I meet about Joe ... his uncanny ability to keep finding new winners ... his honesty and integrity ... his fascinating life story ... about his heart and spirit. Personally, I wonder a lot about some of the people whose posts I read on this and other SI threads ... the amazing, infallible, never miss, disgustingly rich ones ... golly, gee whiz how do they do it? er, why are they wasting their time here ? But I don't wonder at all about Joe ... because I know he's real. I wish him the best ... believe that the day will come when he'll be off to somewhere new beyond all this ... and look forward to continue profiting from his wisdom for as long as it lasts.