20% Advance on S&P by Year End

[Steef]

Sorry to derail your derailment guys, but to get back to the point of the thread, if the DJ is gonna gain 20% by 1/1/09...is that 20% from where it was when this thread began? Or 20% from the pounding it took in the last two days?

'Cause from where I sit in the nosebleed cheap seats, it's goin' the wrong way to be gaining 20% anytime soon.

But that's just me.   

[SpareRib]

Thanks Chortle...its obvious to me at this juncture that ole Sparerib was toying with me.... sorry bastage. 

That should do it.

That's not how I did it.  Here's how I did it... and I can do it again! 

[chortle]

Like this?

[SpareRib]

Actually I posted Medtronic for a reason.  That company is the primary reason I can fish a little today.  If there was ever an organization whose management I respect , it's these guys.

I divested myself of the last of my MDT 2 yrs ago, so have no skin in their game now - nevertheless seeing their close today at $29.04 saddens me.

[chortle]

Actually I posted Medtronic for a reason.  That company is the primary reason I can fish a little today.  If there was ever an organization whose management I respect , it's these guys.

I divested myself of the last of my MDT 2 yrs ago, so have no skin in their game now - nevertheless seeing their close today at $29.04 saddens me.

Don't know anything about them, but it sounds like value play to me?

[Masshog]

[Masshog]

You guys bes in serious trouble now!! Chortle or Spare, how do I make the size smaller? 

[SultanofSwine]

You guys bes in serious trouble now!! Chortle or Spare, how do I make the size smaller? 

Well, they say if it dont get smaller in 4 hours, you better go see a doctor or get it bronzed.

[SpareRib]

Well, they say if it dont get smaller in 4 hours, you better go see a doctor or get it bronzed.

Yep, if you put the little blue pills down, it should get smaller by itself.

[SpareRib]

Don't know anything about them, but it sounds like value play to me?

I haven't followed them in a couple of years, but as long as I did, they were soundly managed, made good acquisitions, minded cash flow, and always made their numbers.  Medtronic began as a pacemaker company, was hugely successful, and began acquiring the major innovators and heavy hitters in other surgical specialties.  They sought the companies that were changing the way surgery was done and were driving the market in their respective specialties.  When I followed it closely, MDT was a cadillac among medical device manufacturers.

[SpareRib]

Like this?

Yep.  If you waved your thingy over it til it turned blue, that's it. 

[SpareRib]

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You guys bes in serious trouble now!! Chortle or Spare, how do I make the size smaller? 

Hey Mass - Looks like I wuz having too much fun and never answered your question - If you have the image you want in your computer (I put mine on my desktop so I can find them), you should be able to change the size with your image editor before you post it.  I use a simple freebie called Irfanview for most stuff.  I believe you use Picasa - it should work as well.