RE: RE: RE: RE: took about a 50%... LOL @ flyin...
When is the small time investor ever going to understand that there are few things in the market that are in our favour, time, compounding and yield are 3 of them. Measuring a bank investment in 1-3 yr periods just doesn't make any sense...but it is the philosophy of the market these days.
Great examples have been made if you were to buy and hold any one of the big Canadian banks for the long term i.e decades not months and years.