> > > The safest way to invest is to dollar cost average (googled the term).
> >
> > However, that is most easily done with a mutual fund
> > and no an individual stock. A low cost mutual fund is
> > a particularly good alternative.
>
> Sure, a very diverse portfolio is a good idea too if you are green or
> don't have time to play with stocks.
> Or if you try to use technical analysis, since you claim that doesn't work, as well as just about other trading strategy known to man, according to your alleged "backtesting"...

> I failed to mention that even when a stock goes to zero, DCA is the
> safest method of investing in that stock because you'd be buying
> smaller lots at higher prices and you'd lose a fraction than if you
> slammed a big chunk of seed capitol on the rotten stock.
> Uh, Mr. Math Major, if the stock goes to ZERO you lose 100% of everything you invested regardless of whether you dollar cost averaged or just committed the entire amount at once...

Steve, you may have changed e-mail names and dropped the whole predicting earthquakes and lotteries nonsense, but you're still crazy stupid after all these months...

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