Haiti TraderPatience insight and confidence are more valuable to you IMO.
When I used a broker in the past I had the same story as you..losses piled up in regular and RRSP account.
When I asked the broker what was going on with his bad picks, he said I had listed myself as an aggressive investor so what did I expect? I told him that I expected much better than losses and he said if you can do better do it yourself.
That last piece of advice was the only good advice my former broker ever gave me.
All losses were erased after one year and I haven't ever gone back to the pro's although I do see some posters from time to time who are reckless and need professional investing help.
If you want quicker money, and a 15% return until you get your plan in place the better income trusts are still a pretty good bet as they haven't recovered from their recent haircut.
Things like PGF.un or COU.un are likely to give a reliable yield and increase in value over the coming year IMO.
The Chinese are bright enough to know that they need to buy tangible assets instead of holding one trillion in USD in foreign exchange. As that load of liquidity picks global assets, the speculation will drive the markets much higer. I expect a good year in 2007 IMO.
TWD is a long term asset but may have a spike as it becomes an acquisition target. I like having a collection of in the ground assets as well as money making operations.
GLTA