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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1597416, member: 3011&quot;]The comment was directed at all readers and not just the poster -- to get people thinking.&nbsp; My general and unscientific observation over the years has been that investments rarely outperform for more than a decade.&nbsp; Think PMs in the 1970s, Japanese stocks in the 80s, tech stocks in the 90s, etc... The darling asset class of one decade generally cools in the next.&nbsp; I think PMs have a couple of more years left, but who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>What I learned from tech stocks in the 1990s is (1) a favored asset can rise longer and higher than anybody anticipates, (2) a tremendous amount of money can be made in this type of strong bull market, and (3) you have to get out when everything is working perfectly - no easy task.&nbsp; I hope I manage to do it.&nbsp; With tech stocks, the market &quot;taught&quot; investors that the way to make money was to buy on the dips.&nbsp; And this worked perfectly right up to the day when it stopped working and took everyone down 75% to 90% or more.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s something to think about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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