XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 16/07/2011 9:03 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   > On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:13:17 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   > in the scriptorium Canuck57  wrote:   
   >> $On 16/07/2011 2:05 AM, Randy wrote:   
   >> $>  On Jul 16, 2:53 am, "merlin!"   wrote:   
   >> $>>  Canuck57 wrote:   
   >> $>>>  On 11/07/2011 6:39 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >> $>>>>  On Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:04:25 -0600, while chained to a desk   
   >> $>>>>  in the scriptorium Canuck57     wrote:   
   >> $>>>>>  $On 10/07/2011 2:34 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   >> $>>>>>  $   
   >> $>>>>>  $>     So, when you talk dirty does it involve sub-prime mortgages,   
   or   
   >> $>>>>>  your HP $>     and RIM shares that are tanking?   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>  [snip]   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>>  $RIM, never owned, it will do a NorTel someday.  HP, owned them a   
   >> $>>>>>  while $back making some money but sold them.  I no longer hold any   
   >> $>>>>>  business not $tied to gold, energy or food.  That is, must haves   
   >> $>>>>>  where costs, taxes, $labour strife costs can be passed on.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>  The problem with a company like RIM is this.  You'll do fine   
   >> $>>>>  as long as it's a stock market darling.  But the first time   
   >> $>>>>  it misses an earnings target, the share price will tank   
   >> $>>>>  taking your net worth with it.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>  Throw in the fact it is a technology company, and that means   
   >> $>>>>  it has to stay one step ahead of the competition.  The day   
   >> $>>>>  someone comes out with a better product, it's in trouble.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>  Lululemon is another company I wouldn't touch for the   
   >> $>>>>  similar reasons.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>>  $>>     And when it comes to people, well, some things you can see   
   >> $>>>>>  $>>     from a country mile.  If you keep your eyes open and think   
   >> $>>>>>  $>>     with your head instead of your gonads, you can avoid a lot   
   >> $>>>>>  $>>     of problems.   
   >> $>>>>>  $>   
   >> $>>>>>  $>     And miss a lot of fun. ;-)   
   >> $>>>>>  $   
   >> $>>>>>  $Not at all.  When you are seriously self made or on the way to it,   
   >> $>>>>>  the $quality of the babes is awesome.  The best women know to find   
   >> $>>>>>  men that $can support them when having babies.  I married one and   
   >> $>>>>>  she is a real lady.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>>  I guess merlin just wants a cute bombshell between the   
   >> $>>>>  sheets.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>>  Trouble is he wants what he can't provide.  What does the loser have   
   >> $>>>  to offer a woman?   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>>  I told you: Integrity, good looks and an Irish sense of humour. No   
   money,   
   >> $>>  alas, your government goons took it all and destroyed my career   
   because I   
   >> $>>  dared to criticise their ideology.   
   >> $>   
   >> $>  RIM has $3 billion in the bank and made $600 million last quarter.   
   >> $>   
   >> $>  I just wish I'd bought NorTel when it dropped from $120 to less than   
   >> $>  $1.00.   It rose to $3.00 and I could have tripled my investment.   
   >> $   
   >> $   
   >> $I owned NorTel a total of 4 times.  Made money 3 of the 4 times, net was   
   >> $a large gain.  First was before the bust when I worked for them up to   
   >> $1995, I accumulated a 1200 or so, watched it rise and sold out at $60.   
   >> $Friends thought I was nuts, but I said NorTel is pump'n'dump fraud   
   >> $management ever since Paul Stern.   
   >> $   
   >> $A year later I started watching it as it tanked, bought in and out 3   
   >> $more times only losing a few $1000 on the last trade.   
   >   
   > Well played.   
   >   
   >> $Ruination of a good company by bad and corrupt management.  But RIM   
   >> $could do the same ans since I don't know as much about RIM, I stay away.   
   >   
   > RIM is the kind of market darling that does well until it   
   > misses an earnings target, which it did recently.   
   >   
   > I've never owned it myself.   
   >   
   >> $UTS and TCK.B will be my lifetime best I am sure.  Purchasing shares of   
   >> $TCK.B @ 3.50 and less, then dumping at $36 - $43 in 10 to 12 months will   
   >> $be my personal best return/time.   
   >   
   > Teck is one I missed.  Made some good coin on all the stuff   
   > I picked up when the markets tanked, just not as good as I   
   > would have done in Teck.   
      
   I got the stock, but didn't have it in my TFSA, 1/2 in RRSP and 1/2 in   
   the cash account.   
      
   Think, someone out there no doubt loaded their TFSA with it.   
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