Replies to post #35884 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[karw]

Hi Conrad,

Yes, I meant negative safe percentages, sorry about that.

On the Hold Zones, indeed the Min. Trade amounts would indicate the Min. Holding Zone limits would seem to be directly related to the Top en Bottom variations of the Reading Range. . .and if a Reading Range is clearly identified one could "eyeball" the appropriate values

The thing of calculating the Top and Bottom variations, is to include all relevant history. When calculating the variation and omitting the 2008/2009 the hold zone is small, when including 2008/2009 it gets a lot larger.

Stock like EDV already have a hold zone over 20% with 2 years of history.

Another application of this calculation is not to use it for Hold Zone determination, but to see if an ETF or stock ia AIMable. For example VIG or VYM returns a small hold zone while EDV returns a larger hold zone while the dividends are also better than VIG/VYM.

So the calculated hold zone gives you an indication. Is this ETF good to AIM?

Kind Regards,K