A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board

[Mvls]

Hi All
I have been a lurker here for quite some time and finally decided to join in. I have been using AIM for over two years. I have a couple of questions, but will pose those later. First a little background. I am a retired Canadian businessman that now lives in Panama. Prior to retiring I decided to take back full control of my retirement funds and chose AIM along with a healthy dose of MPT as my core strategy. I liquidated my old mutual funds and set up my own portfolio consisting of mainly ETF's. I found that most of the "Pros" didn't know or want to take time to really understand what I wanted. In many cases I felt I had forgotten more about investing than they knew and grew weary of the fees they charged. 30 years ago I was very active in the market to the extent of focusing on working options spreads for the most part. Time became the enemy. I now have time,but no longer need the risks associated with that form of investing. Hence AIM. I use Mark Hing's software to manage AIM and for the most part am happy with results. I have fed off the knowledge of this site and look forward to perhaps being a little more active participant.

Marv