Replies to post #38011 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[ls7550]

As to one being advantageous over the other? I don't know. But I've stated a number of times out here that, to me at least, there is nothing magic in the market about a week or month

Having broadly seen little difference between monthly and quarterly reviews rewards (trading smaller amounts more frequently or larger amounts less frequently), quarterly has a few additional benefits. For one you trade less so costs are lower. For another its less effort. Thirdly it enables you to better match 'cash' holdings with periodic AIM reviews (such as holding bonds with 3 months between maturity so you have cash-in-hand at each review).

That's more appropriate for a broader index/fund however. If the AIM'd asset was a single stock or was something that zigzagged repeatedly/wildly, then shorter periods between reviews might be the better choice.

One thing to keep in mind if trading relatively frequently is that gains can be taxed differently for shorter term gains (less than 30 days) than how longer term (>30 days) gains are taxed.

Another thing to note is that Tom and others apply a 30 day minimum between consecutive buy trades to help slow burning through finite cash reserves too quickly.

[SFSecurity]

Hi Mr. Grabber,

E-mail to my Gmail account? Sorry, it has not arrived at [e-mail]. I only have that account so I can set up secure, encrypted e-mail using ZSentry for healthcare clients.

I get so much spam now that I hesitate to put my real e-mail in a public forum but you can use my masked e-mail:

[e-mail]

If you use that it will get to me and yet I can block any spam that might try to use it.

Abine is great. It will be even better soon as they will be able to cover more than one e-mail address. I've got 7 so it can be a bit of a pain.

However, I caution you, do not use a masked e-mail address for logging in to websites on the net as they seem to not work well at this point. I'm having a problem with a site I tried it on, alas it is an important one for me so it is a bit of a pain to get it sorted out.