It's possible he's done OK in AOD but only if he bought about 4 years ago, not 5 years ago, especially around March 2009, when the market and AOD bottomed. The S&P 500 has since doubled. Just about any stock, aside from pennies, has done well since then. Most have done far better than AOD.
I benchmark all my investments against the S&P 500, which has been my core holding for 20 years. Very, very few investments beat the S&P.
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"AOD on it's website has the facts,"
I've studied their website. Getting the facts isn't easy there. BTW, I believe that Apple is now AOD's #1 holding.
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