Replies to post #36080 on A.I.M. Users Bulletin Board (AIMUSERS)

[OldAIMGuy]

November.....

Portfolio                    November     YTD      Cash % 
 U.B.A. retirement acct      +0.2%        +7.6%    24.4% 
 Domestic Sectors acct       +1.1%       +10.5%    20.6% 
 International Sector acct   +1.1%        +7.9%    19.3% 
 Currency portfolio          -nil         +1.3%    26.4%

Nothing all that glamorous for November or the YTD. Not much trading happening these days with the market somewhat range bound for the YTD (roughly + or - 12%)

Best regards,

[Conrad]

OK Tom. . Maybe Toof can help me on this one:

My Story on Face Book on December 5th:

My niece Els Heezen said recently: "If there’s an accident waiting to happen, it will happen to me!. . .When I start to eat a bright purple blueberry desert it will instantly dump itself on my snow-white dress. . .or white pants. . .Actually it makes no difference what I wear. . .the desert will end up on it. Els said. . .her words, I swear it. . ."I am the reason that Murphy invented Murphy's Law”.

I know from where she got that affinity for Bad Luck. . .

On December 3rd I bought 500 shares in PostNL@ € 2,654. . .I found it had good potential (high volatility) for frequent +/- dynamic trading! The ANB AMRO Bank Website-Advice was a moderately strong "Buy". . . I wagered some of my meager savings:

On Dec 4th there was Front Page News, in Fat Fonts: "PostNL frequently losses packages with jewelry, even diamond shipments disappear without a trace". Law suits were reportedly being started and a Pot accused a Kettle of being the Thief. The PostNL Package Tracking System was claimed not to be worth a dime. . .People were heard to have said: "It could not "track" an Elephant on the A2 10-Lane Super Highway by Breukelen".

I feared my investment would suffer from that bad news. . .It did. . .The share price dropped 2,5% in one day!. . .Without any Good Luck to Save me the price would drop to € 1 in 40 days. . . that would be terrible! . . .That is my bad luck, and I can tell as many of such stories as Els can tell.

The "Winkelman" name must be the culprit. . .
What else can it be?

Toof, what is in the Stars for me?