"Send lawyers, guns and money. The s%@! has hit the fan" -- Warren Zevon
I'm a pretty good intermediate- and long-term investor. Whenever I have kept my emotions in check and done my homework, I've done fairly well over the years. I no longer own individual stocks, per TheStreet.com's policy. But prior to that, I had some decent winners. I scored more than a 10-bagger in Polycom (PLCM Quote). I also doubled my money in Tyco (TYC Quote) and got out before it imploded.
The short side has been good to me as well. Shorts of Adobe(ADBE Quote) and Nvidia(NVDA Quote) were big winners for me during the bust five years ago.
Of course, I've also had my share of losers. I still have a Quokka stock certificate somewhere in my files. But overall, I have no complaints as to how my stocks and mutual funds have performed over the years. ...
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