Futuretech, I enjoyed you last post. Rather than going for personal attacks we should be concentrating on exchanging ideas about our investment here. Do you agree?
PS: As the DD goes, although finances take (as they should) an important part in my decision to buy/hold a certain stock, as of late I always do a detailed DD on all aspects of the business. I really care less about all these buy/sell signals given by so many groups including but not restricted to Tobin-like, various Yahoo organized groups, and so on. It's my money I'm playing here, and if anything goes wrong I can't blame anybody else. If it goes right, besides the gain, I have the satisfaction that I was able to connect the dots. So far, so good, IMO. Check also: GDVI, VFIN, COVD, and CIRT (my other favorites, hand picken after quite a bit of DD).
PPS: I agree with you that relying on charts only to decide when to buy/sell is silly. Charts are built on past movement only. For instance all up to 1 week ago, Barcharts gave here 100% short-, medium-, and long-term SELL. If one was to rely on them, would have sold (as probably many did), just prior to the turn around point.
Regards,
Mike