AIM SELL ORDERS
If we can pick "good" stocks for our portfolios we can leave the buy sell orders ,and when, up to AIM. Of course, it is sometimes good to unload a stock when it has appreciated greatly. I have target prices for my stocks. These are long term holds and may never reach the target price or very soon. IN the meantime, the portfolio fluctuates and allows for trading. I also pick stocks that generate dividends to boost returns.

Jeff

Hi,
A post to let people know that I started a three stock AIM portfolio 1/1/06 and have made a few AIM trades and the Port. Value is up 5.6% YTD. It seems volatile enough to make some good swings. I use Thirde edition AIM book by Lichello. My other ETF's have not moved much, but I am getting good monthly Div's.

Good AIM to all,

JEff

WHEN TO BUY IN DECLINING MARKETS

IF the general market is in a solid decline(bear market) why buy? One can never really time the market but we hope to come close to the bottom and begin buying. I use technical indicators to help determine market bottoms. For long term trends I use a weekly and sometime a monthly screen. I test with MACD and Forecast Oscilator. There are many free sites that offer tech analysis. I use MSN Money and I also have an accout at Optionsxpress that offers a great java real time charting capabilities with a huge lot of technical indicators. I cannot tell every person how to pick their indicators unless u have an option express account,what i did was spend hundreds of hours doing research till i found something that works for me. along with that study, study , study on all aspects of the market that are interestin to you. One easy place to start is the "VTO report" seach online for it.

STOCK PICS FOR AIM

I use the MSN stock screener for picking AIM stocks. I have been following their screen and various methods for quite awhile. No doubt many methods can be used as Tom's Valueline stocks. I set up a practice portfolio of three stocks using separate AIM accounts following the aggressive classical method from the book. The stocks are BSX, COF, and KRB. This was started 7/1/05. The idea for this came from the book "Online Investing" by Jon Markman who writes for MSN money. I'll report next qtr. and thereafter regarding results.

New AIM Convert,
I've just finished reading the book and now know I have additional info to get to my first million, so far this year I'm positive in my stock trades after many years of loses. I find the book terrific in every way. I also checked out the safe-split and and Vealie additions and actually did a trade using that before i read about it. Currently I have an IRA fund with 3 ETF's, a bond Closed end fund with cash to spare. I also have a "trading account" and have active positions in QQQQ, two income producing Closed End funds and three under $5- stocks,hoping to double that account every year. Recently I sold some stocks I manage for someone else FOR A PROFIT using AIM sell advice.

I love trading and now know that with my other tech indicators I can use AIM to keep and grow my money.

All the best,
jeff
ps Tom, I look forward to reading more of your info, and report good results from my AIM investing.