I bought it because I believed that the number
of computer makers would shrink drastically and
that Dell would be one of the winners. I bought
it to hold it for at least three to five years.
I will make a judgment then concerning whether
or not I've been caught. I think stocks sometimes
hit a plateau, maybe for a few years, and
if they are the stock of a great company, they
can take off again.

More recently I've studied the Gorilla Game.
still have about $15,000 which I would be willing
to risk in stocks and I think I'll use it in
carefully researched gorilla plays.

Arlekeno,

After having read the book, you now know that since the tornado in the market to which Dell belongs is over, and since they did NOT emerge as a Gorilla, rather more like a strong prince, you would have learned from the book to sell DELL after the period of hyper growth was over.

That's not MY recommendation necessarily, it's what we will have learned from the book.

So that would leave you with $15K PLUS what you had in DELL to invest in Gorilla candidates. That's roughly what I started the year with and if things keep going like this (but how COULD they??), I feel like I'll be able to retire in about three years.

Since you plan on being around into your eighties, it's not too late to make sure that they'll be golden years, indeed.

Happy trails