Hi Byculla,
Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.
PI is progressing, but slowly. For the past two years I've made most of my money investing, but I'm also a GIS consultant and, of course, I run Aptus with its various software packages.
I don't have an exact return for the past decade off the top of my head, but I've outperformed the markets (S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow) starting after the internet bubble burst. When the bubble burst, my portfolio value fell dramatically (and unfortunately I was invested in 3 not-so-stellar stocks, which I still own today at about a tenth of their book value. I keep them around as a reminder of what can happen when emotions get in the way).
However, I kept purchasing stocks and eventually moved to buying only fundamentally strong stocks starting in 2004.
When the sub-prime bubble burst in 2008, I was able to use the experience from the internet bubble to do very well. So now I'm waiting for the next bubble so I can, "swing for the fences."
What investment methods do you use and how did you make out these past few years?