effacers@hotmail.com wrote on 3/17/07 8:00 PM:
> Nothing wrong with "systems" if they work. Many systems can and do
> work and have been proven to work over time. Diversification is a
> basic system (or strategy). You divide your money among various stocks
> for insurance. The winners offset the losers.
We used to call this the "shotgun" method.....pick a bunch and hope the
winners outnumber the losers.....