Comments on: Ben Graham: Avoid Speculation http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/08/ben-graham-avoid-speculation/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:53:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeff Hawkins http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/08/ben-graham-avoid-speculation/#comment-10431 Jeff Hawkins Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:43:10 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/08/ben-graham-avoid-speculation/#comment-10431 There's something about the stock market that bothers me. People buy stocks based on the market but don't consider the company those stocks actually represent. Sorta like buying a domain without considering what could or should be done with it. I understand the reasoning but it doesn't fit what I'm doing. I have a friend who buys a lot of vehicles, owns several businesses and a very nice home. Watching him he buys what he wants, he'll sell it for a profit if the money is right but he isn't speculating. He invests! My portfolio isn't great but I see something there with my business model that makes sense to me. Some of the individual domains and lots are for sale but there's plans to develop them and hold. The price is more what it would take to get me to part with them than what I want for them. I guess this is what you're talking about. I'm not anxious to sell. I like my domains. I want to keep them. I'll sell some to build the rest into something better. There’s something about the stock market that bothers me. People buy stocks based on the market but don’t consider the company those stocks actually represent. Sorta like buying a domain without considering what could or should be done with it. I understand the reasoning but it doesn’t fit what I’m doing.

I have a friend who buys a lot of vehicles, owns several businesses and a very nice home. Watching him he buys what he wants, he’ll sell it for a profit if the money is right but he isn’t speculating. He invests!

My portfolio isn’t great but I see something there with my business model that makes sense to me. Some of the individual domains and lots are for sale but there’s plans to develop them and hold. The price is more what it would take to get me to part with them than what I want for them.

I guess this is what you’re talking about. I’m not anxious to sell. I like my domains. I want to keep them. I’ll sell some to build the rest into something better.

]]> By: Generic Domain Names admin http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/08/ben-graham-avoid-speculation/#comment-10416 Generic Domain Names admin Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:43:25 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/08/08/ben-graham-avoid-speculation/#comment-10416 Great points by Ben Graham. Thank you fo sharing it Sahar and equating it to the domain business strategies. Great points by Ben Graham. Thank you fo sharing it Sahar and equating it to the domain business strategies.

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