Bill.L,
Now let me say first that I am relatively green when it comes to shares, but I am confused. How do you come to the conclusion that selling on the way down and buying on the way up is the way to make money?
See, I just don't get it. All the reading, talking to people and trading I have done has been the opposite, and I made decent returns. Have you heard of people like Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Peter Lynch? They are considered to be among the worlds greatest investors and they work in exactly the opposite way that you claim is the way to play the market.
I'm not saying you are wrong, you may have been quite successful up to now (but why you held onto that silver and continue to hold onto it, I don't undestand, one of the first things I learnt about investing was NEVER ride the losers, get rid of them a.s.a.p.) but to be correct saying what you are saying means completely ignoring the successes of those mentioned above (and many others also).
So having read my post, do you feel that I am totally off the mark? Do you feel I know nothing? I am genuinely interested, as having more than two decades experience, you must know a lot and I would like to hear more from you.
Mark
'no hat, some cattle'