investment advice?

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Mon, 10 Nov 1997 18:26:24 -0800

So I decided it was finally time to diversify, so I sold some MSFT options
and now I'm look for new places to put the money, probably mostly in mutual
funds, with a fair portion in overseas funds. First I started looking on
the web at particular companies ( <http://www.fidelity.com>
www.fidelity.com, <http://www.janus.com> www.janus.com, etc.) and then at
summary pages ( <http://www.greenjungle.com> www.greenjungle.com,
<http://www.numen-lumen.com> www.numen-lumen.com,
<http://www.stockmaster.com> www.stockmaster.com), which is fine but I'm
sure that someone on this list has gone through all this before. Well, okay,
of COURSE Adam has a zillion "finance" links. But as Nillson observed in
"The Point", a web page that points everywhere isn't much better than one
that doesn't point anywhere at all...

I guess what I'm really asking is, what's your philosophy on investing? Any
insights or useful experience? Anyone want to argue that mutual funds are
for wimps and I should invest everything in WorldCom? :-)

- Joe

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