poppy sorry for not responding to your intersting snippets...

poppy sorry for not responding to your intersting snippets ..however finally ..,On your last comment you mentioned you missed out because you sold on a very strong pull back and on many occasions people do the same. I used to trade a great deal and I did make money on different shares often cutting with a small loss but recouping fairly quickly in others. I noticed that many companies have major pull backs to then go on to be winners...so I changed my strategy to a maximum of five names and a solid core back ground of Investment in Whisky barrels which gives me a steady capital appreciation. I also average my shares investment pull backs..., My main Criteria for investment in share is a price a lot less than book value and with strong growth coming through... like Pen..,If the fundamentals are there I have no problem averaging as I NEVER buy a full position but average very slowly into my share investments ..after all value is always value ..but price is always a moving target.
Again thank you for you many comments Poppy.
All the best to all.