h1. POTPOURRI * [[Wisdom]] Investment Wisdom from various sources . . . adroit and pithy * [[Financial Planners]] - I do not recommend . . . * [[WSJ_May10]] - a column about living from dividends in retirement * [[Market High]] - Read this if the market is high. * The Graham value I use is the square root of (EPS * BV * 22.5) where EPS is the average of the last three year's earnings. It's from The Intelligent Investor C-14. * [[chaff]] - material I did not have room for in my February 2009 report (bottom of market) * [[Which stock?]] It's not so much which, but when? * [[When to buy]] - by Julius Caesar and others * [[U. S. Equities]] - some reasons why I didn't and do not follow American stocks * [[Bear Market Investing]] - snipits of advice from four sources * [[Dividends Tidbits]] - $736 billion of dividends in 2007 * [[Letter to Shareholders]] Warren Buffett - read his own words, not words about him * [[Asset Allocation on Retirement]] - from February 2000 Connolly Report * [[Hamlet's Retirement]] - To seek income growth, or remain with fixed, that is the question ... * [[Annuities]] - Nineteen argument against annuities - February 1990 report * [[Controlling Risk]] - Some ideas from John Bogle's speech in April 2000 about risk * [[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20080924.RGURUS24/TPStory/TPComment|When fear sets in, I consult the Three Wise Men - JOHN HEINZL in ROB]] - no longer a free link - I was thrilled to be mentioned in the same column at Warren Buffett and Lowell Miller. At https:secure.globeadvisor.com the column can be found at /servlet/AtricleNews/story/gam/20080924/RGURUS24 * [[Mentions]] in the press * [[Re-balancing]] - some thoughts * [[Readers Write]] - snippits * [[Islay]] in the Hebrides for whisky and the scenery * [[France]] Brittany * [[Julia]] , our grand-daughter, age 20 months, searching for dividends in the R.O.B. - a photo * Our place north of Kingston where I do a lot of reading and thinking. It's quiet. {{elbow_jan.jpeg|}}