Pastcaring wrote:I' ve got no idea what a " Doris " is and no interest at all in finding out.
Pity, you are missing out on a (probably apocryphal) but highly entertaining story...
http://web.archive.org/web/200712211841 ... doris.aspx
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Pastcaring wrote:I' ve got no idea what a " Doris " is and no interest at all in finding out.
Gengulphus wrote:dealtn wrote:... certainly in the past when the original "Doris" articles were written, ...
Are you referring to pyad's two original HYP articles written in November 2000 or about his one and only (AFAIAA) "Doris" article written in December 2006? It makes quite a difference to when and what you're talking about!
First original HYP article
Second original HYP article
"Doris" article
Gengulphus
StepOne wrote:I can't read the Doris article - it only shows me a preview, and asks me to log in, or register, to read the full thing. Are other people getting the same thing?
Gengulphus wrote:dealtn wrote:... certainly in the past when the original "Doris" articles were written, ...
Are you referring to pyad's two original HYP articles written in November 2000 or about his one and only (AFAIAA) "Doris" article written in December 2006? It makes quite a difference to when and what you're talking about!
First original HYP article
Second original HYP article
"Doris" article
Gengulphus
jackdaww wrote:the basic concept of direct shares investment at retirement is not of course new.
StepOne wrote:Gengulphus wrote:dealtn wrote:... certainly in the past when the original "Doris" articles were written, ...
Are you referring to pyad's two original HYP articles written in November 2000 or about his one and only (AFAIAA) "Doris" article written in December 2006? It makes quite a difference to when and what you're talking about!
First original HYP article
Second original HYP article
"Doris" article
Interesting that Pyad refers to 15 as a suggested maximum number of holdings. I think most people now treat 15 as the minimum.
I can't read the Doris article - it only shows me a preview, and asks me to log in, or register, to read the full thing. Are other people getting the same thing?
Dod101 wrote:Who/what is CBA?
Dod
dealtn wrote:What I don't get is the constant reaffirmation to High Yielding shares, as a subset of all share alternatives, in what might be described as the "accumulation stage". Regardless of the arguments of which subset of equities has performed better in the past, under whatever conditions, isn't the aim in the "accumulation" phase to grow as big a pot as necessary, or at least in the most efficient form not detrimental to today's consumption, such that when the time for "retirement" arrives then the living off the (greatest possible) dividends stage of HYP commences.
dealtn wrote:As an infrequent visitor to these parts I get the sense that much commentary is on buying the next candidate or reinvesting dividends, and very little on living off the dividend stream once retired. (I get that many, or most, aren't retired yet so that little commentary is likely in that respect).
dealtn wrote:Dividends will come from the profits (generally speaking) of the companies invested in, yet those profits can be reinvested internally and not paid out, or paid out to shareholders to decide to reinvest, so the quantum of the dividend is part of the companies investment decisions, not some magic signal about a companies health or future potential. ...
dealtn wrote:...
As an infrequent visitor to these parts I get the sense that much commentary is on buying the next candidate or reinvesting dividends, and very little on living off the dividend stream once retired. (I get that many, or most, aren't retired yet so that little commentary is likely in that respect).
...
ap8889 wrote:Yes, I remember it well. His username eludes me (JimSusan maybe?) but he was always very highly recced. Wonder what he is up to these days? Probably still chasing his losses, hoping Lloyds will surely come good someday.....
I miss some of the TMF posters still. KingMcKongs Katastrophe Korner, Paulypilots Pub with the man in full flow over some special situation, Carmensfella, Emptyend was a great help for O&G. Wish they would pop up here a bit more! That said, we have a really super bunch of posters here these days. Occasionally I pop to ADVFN and gawp at the angst therein, and am reminded again why TLF is on my favourites tab.
SalvorHardin wrote:Yes it was JimSusan for whom stockmarket investment meant buying more shares in LloydsTSB. I daresay that a lot of the recs were for well-written posts (they often covered other topics) rather than for investment advice....
https://boards.fool.com/ProfileIntervie ... d=15565341TMF: A Foolish Interview with jimsusan wrote:The Fool: Briefly explain how you select shares.
jimsusan: After 25 years of investing I simply buy more Lloyds these days.
JuanDB wrote:
Easy to look back on those posts with the power of hindsight. We can only hope the result was not catastrophically life affecting.
Itsallaguess wrote:
We don't need hindsight to understand the investment risks that he was exposing himself to by putting so much capital into a single company.
New investors come to this site all the time, and I think more experienced investors have a duty to warn people away from these types of approaches.
Cheers,
Itsallaguess
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