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To: freeus who wrote (5596)2/23/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: jhg_in_kc  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 41369
 
My first shares were at 20 post split. but I sold at 90. Then having raised my account net worth, i am back in at 89. (3/4 of original position. (i am making room for more GTW and EMC.
jhg



To: freeus who wrote (5596)2/23/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: John Guild  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 41369
 
This guy's wife sounds like I'm (bless her heart). Last year ago I told mine that I bought AOL for her personal IRA account (she allows me to manage it). She had a blow-out fit. 'John, how could you risk my money that way!!! ...Don't you know that there is an Internet bubble?!!?!....everyone one knows that...I'm very disappointed in you'

So, you'd think my wife would be happy today after making +301.28% on AOL stock; and, I would look like an investment star to her.....NO WAY. 'John, why didn't you invest my money sooner in AOL... have you any idea how much I would have now if you had bought it as an IPO... I would have...$bla bla bla'.

You can't win but you keep on trying.

(I don't mean to be male pig. I'm sure there are examples of this both ways along gender lines. I just think my particular story is funny.)

-John Guild




To: freeus who wrote (5596)2/23/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: robert duke  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 41369
 
Well we had a lot of aol. And it was our only holding. I was worried once the stock started to move. So to make my wife happy and me too. I decided to buy some Gillette, MBNA Bank, and some Walgreens. This helped to stabalize the portfolio. I think we might get some Cisco or Microsoft. This will put some other techs in our portfolio. So it all works out. All our stocks are up. ALL of them.


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