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Hi Tom & Toofuzzy, Thanks for the explanation. It's funny how long it takes to integrate all of the elements into one's thinking, but then it is often said that it takes 10,000 hours to become a pro at many skills so I should not be surprised.

In looking at the three basic elements of investing with AIM, volatility capture, dividends and appreciation I'm beginning to think that the ranking/order of them changes as we age. Younger it seems to me that volatility capture is key, with appreciation being second and dividend capture being lower in importance. When we get to my age it seems to me that dividend capture takes the lead as it is in "retirement" we are looking for income to live on in combination with pensions and Social Security. Does this make sense?

On another issue, now that oil is hitting $60/barrel will we see the bottoming of the various oil positions? If so, should we be looking for Orcroft's twice above last buy signals? And then, which ones would be good to look at for the next upswing?

Thanks,

Allen