"Mr. Lichello's book inspired me. I had, by luck and trial, found cash to be a worth while asset in my early days of investing. However, I used it poorly before coming across AIM."
I am behind on reading the posts on this board, but can't help but comment.
I ran across Mr. Lichello's book in (of all places), a used bookstore in Ketchikan, Alaska. The title seemed hoaky, but I bought it.
The writing style was hilarious. I thought the guy was a real rube. But it made a lot of sense. I fired up a spreadsheet and started testing it. It made sense.
The only problem was it totally didn't work in an extended bull market. So I gave it up
About 3 years later, I discovered the Vealie (Tom's website). The Vealie concept compensates for the upward bias of the stock marktet. If you are in the accumulation phase, the Vealie is the difference between AIM working or not working. If you are not accumulating, I suppose AIM by the book could kick off income.
THe bottom line is that you have to look past the packaging. I could see that Lichello was onto something, but couldn't get past the fact that it eventually made you cash-heavy in an upwardly rising market.
Leave it to an industrial engineer to solve this problem. After all, it is the "cruise-control" of investing.
I use AIM almost exclusvely now, and thank Mr. Lichello and Tom !!
And LOVE my SDR!!
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