Doug
I think you can get some decent returns even if you are working full time and cannot monitor markets situations and act on them during the day time. However, there is no doubt you would get better returns if you could have access to the markets during the day.
The people who post on the microcap value boards provide a wealth of information that you can read in the evenings and weekends and act on. If you really need to check on things, there is always lunch hours.
You may have to adapt your style and selections a little more. Obviously no day trading type of activity. You can't plan on waiting for the opening bell action to decide whather or not to buy or sell or at what price point. Same with the action at the closing bell.
But you can look over the data after the market and anticipate where you price points should be and what the market will do. You minimize your risks by only taking part in those actions that you have a good success rate at predicting. Staying with the main sectors that are having the best success and the stocks that are favorates of the group help as well.
Timing is what you will miss the most from not being able to stay in touch with the market during the day. But that is only part of what you need to be successful at investing in stocks. This group provides much of what you need to make a good return.
JFF7
It's better to be out wishing you were in than in wishing you were out.
"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent". - John Maynard Keynes
