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QuillandPenn

04/17/02 8:55 AM

#2389 RE: RFH #2388

RFH,

I like the way you keep your Spreadsheet/s which is a kewl way of keeping records as opposed to still using paper and pencil. My CPA is complaining all the time and that I should make his life a little easier. That, I am working on after having better tools for the Schedule D's and D1's including wash sales. Some how, I get flaged for ACG, VTSS, for wash sales when AIMing.

Mainly, I don't know how to write spreadsheets and am learning on the fly from the 3D visual books that are about 4 or 5 years old. What may take some folks minutes to accomplish for granted, takes me hours and days for a simple task.

Working now on the right side with the sums for rows, then the column sums. Then tackling the box at the bottom. Does the box stay fixed where it's at and just add inserts for each trade and everything gets pushed down one row. Using DROOY as the model with the first 12 lines. Saw a split row on one other model.

I must have a malfunctioned Newport, because I don't get the Notes you have where it sez "Most recent trades". When I have time, I'll figure it out also.

Regards and have a well productive day like yesterday. See ya around the campus. I am,

QuillandPenn











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OldAIMGuy

04/17/02 12:46 PM

#2390 RE: RFH #2388

Hi RFH, Congratulations on the continued selling in the account. DROOY is on fire these days.

We had a ball in Aruba. Topless beaches were good for my long distance vision.

Customers demanded a bit more of my STKL yesterday. Fearing a riot, I let them have 800 shares at $3.13. Now, I'm at 51% cash reserve for that account and need to consider the dreaded vealie to keep the equity/cash ratio in sane territory.

Best regards, Tom

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OldAIMGuy

04/17/02 12:57 PM

#2392 RE: RFH #2388

Hi RFH, With something like WEN, sometimes AIM is the less important part of the investment in the long term....

http://www.siliconinvestor.com/research/chart.gsp?lotemp=&period=120&chart1=ma&s=WEN&....

Mr. Buynhold made money here and AIM would have had a hard time keeping up with so few serious buying opportunities. Certainly that drop from over $30 to under $15 in 1999 - 2000 would have tested Mr. Buynhold's resolve. AIM would have used previously accumulated capital gains to make some really great purchases.

Considering the $/Share is only about where it was before that decline, Mr. Buynhold wouldn't have collected nearly the "rent" that AIM would have on the same investment.

Best regards, Tom