Post by im2buzzi on Jul 29, 2010 16:12:06 GMT -5
I have made a few comments lately and thought I would introduce myself.
One thing some of you want to know is how a person comes to this site. I really started following your comments on the yahoo board. I thought about it, and remembered, that it was VFRTXN’s comments that led me to the FAS, and FAZ, boards.
Back at the end of 2007, at the peak before the downturn, I owned NYX. I made the stupid decision to hold only this one stock. I was happy with a nice gain, and thinking I wouldn’t sell because of tax consequences. Well, it proceeded to go down and I held on. During this time, I decided to go to the yahoo board to read comments on NYX hoping to gain some insight. On the NYX yahoo board, I began seeing comments by V and ended up following him to the FAS board where many of you were.
How funny to think back to what led me here. I have learned so many things from reading all of your comments. I feel sure that some of the things I have learned and comments I have read, have led me to hang on or let go of investments. One thing I learned is most of the time you cannot make your money back on the investment that you lost it on. So, I ventured out, and with success, have made back most of my money. And, for 2010, I am up about 11 percent.
I still consider myself a beginner and I really do have a very busy life, being a wife and a working mom with three school-age kids. I feel like I am always working at something. That is how I came up with the im2buzzi id. Someday I will have more time to commit to all of this. So, until then, I will be reading, and making a few comments here and there. I hope you don’t mind.
Thanks!