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Buy and Hold Isn't Dead Yet

Sorry... not all of my returns showed up... again, they are:
+97.5%... +88.1%... +64.9%... +42.9%... +29.3%... +25.8%
I trade only Quality companies in my Conservative and Moderate accounts.
I have nothing against John the author...but regardless of a person's background, the return on investments is actually the only yardstick I care to use when looking for solid investment advice.

Buy and Hold Isn't Dead Yet

David Van and Old Trader said it best. The author is simply "trading" on a different time frame than most traders. As a comparison, I am a short term trader. No set holding time...I attempt to buy when the price is low and sell again when the price is higher. I am not always successful but my returns this year are "Far" above the authors average return...I run 6 investment accounts and have them classed as Conservative, Moderate and Aggressive... returns this year thru 9/30 have been: +97.5%...+88.1%...+64....
Buy & Hold may not be dead but there should certainly be information published for the average investor to let them know the HUGE difference a simple +3% improvement in their annual returns would make during a lifetime (40 years or so) investing!!!
Also we should see more article regarding the use of Trailing Stops to protect investors from the market moves that we lived thru in 2008.
Just my opinion...Howard