Forum Archive Index - August 2000

[Derek <dkw@paradise.net.nz>]

GPG, at least a little more chance of something interesting happening than
with CEN.

Cheers,
Derek

At 11:04 AM 13/08/00 +1200, you wrote:
>           Here is  a little sunday exercise for you. Imagine you had to
>put everything you owned  into just one stock that is listed on the NZSE.
>That  stock then had   If that stock was  lower after three years you would
>die a horrible death, which would you  choose           I will  start the
>ball rolling. I would be looking for something  rather safe which would
>have little obvious  downside, combined with some prospects for growth.    
>        I  looked at several and rejected them on the grounds something 
>bad might happen such as really bad harvests  (montana etc) or terrible    
>Or the dollar suddenly taking off   (tourism, and  exporters)              
>  In the end i decided on contact energy  (very sad) . I figured that
>electricity would be needed no matter what,  the company can maintain
>profits by passing on problems to the  consumer, and the present share
>price is already nice and cheap.     Prospects for growth in three  years
>are unlikely to be spectacular but   now.        Would i  survive?    nick 
>                     




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