<but my portfolio is up 145 % since Aug 16th of 04>
I have a few questions about buying, selling, etc.
Nobody has mentioned the size of their portfolio. When you say your portfolio is up 145%, is it on the entire investable funds you have?
I have a mid 6-figure IRA portfolio and a high 5-figure non-IRA. I treat them totally different.
Are people here talking about their "trading" portfolio when saying how much they are up or down percentage wise?
Are you up 145% on 1/2 million dollar portfolio? If so, I think you are too aggressive with your investing.
This is all my humble opinion. I am up a lot since 2001, but still below my peak value attained in mid 2000. Probably a lot of us are in this same boat. I got burned, and turned to mostly dividend paying stocks since then (REITS and CanRoys). Was a good move for a buy-n-hold type investor like myself.
