Karel:
Fair enough! A very good characterization.
depletion can come in installments
True as well. Note however that somewhere during this whole conversation, it was stated in effect that a signifiacnt # of the initial shares puchased in classic AIM are never sold (LIFO). So one never gets any realized return due to stock price appreciation on that portion of your position. Therefore, as Bernie very rightly pointed out, unless you can get some other return (dividends) on those shares, there is no point in buying them. Conversely, if you do invest in a higher yield instrument, then by all means use all of your $. But you can enhance your total return further if you use LD-AIM's 'Leveraged' set of calcs (PC Multiplier).
All of this is done in a very controlled, objective way via consistent use of simple mathematics (which is the way Lichello would have liked it I think).
I haven't sent the SS to you yet. Let me know if you'd like it and I'll send one along tonight.
Thanks for your feedback.
Regards,
Steve
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