Replies to post #41034 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[ls7550]

Maybe Buy some of one, wait for it to up 'x' %, sell it and buy the other with the proceeds....Repeat

That's the idea. these two for instance are broadly similar (switch the chart to log scale for a better indication of the deviations) but one has greater interim volatility than the other. Even relatively simple 'timing' (rotation) added around 3% to annualised rewards since 2011 with around 6 rotations (monthly reviews). Somewhat like a arbitrage play - expected longer term similar reward, trade/rotate in the interim to sell one, buy the other.

[OldAIMGuy]

Good morning Steve, Re: "Re-education Companies...............

I remember a couple of years ago you were AIMing some stocks of companies involved in career and technical education (mostly adult education). I noted this week in Value Line's "Best Performing Stocks - Latest 13 Weeks" these companies and it brought back that memory of your AIM Education Engines:

Company          Ticker       13 Week Price Change    Price/Share 
 Strayer Edu      STRA             +63.8%               $79.00 
 Career Edu       CECO             +54.4%               $10.25

That's only two companies, but the list is only 41 companies long, so about 5% of the list! Those are impressive gains since mid-September.

Are you still AIMing any of these types of companies? Do you think the current election cycle has had an impact on them?