I'm afraid my bank accounts aren't all that impressive! To be honest, I think I am not too bad at buying stocks, but I am terrible at selling! I have held on too long on too many, either letting gains evaporate, or letting losses take too big bites than they should. Don't know what the % the markets dropped in '08-09, but I am sure my PF underperformed the market! Currently, i have a good sized position on the VIX via HVU. Was well ahead, now behind. The charts say sell, my gut says there will be a lot of volatility and downside, hang on. I do best by putting stops beneath most holdings and adjusting them upwards if they go up. I am hoping to keep learning by my mistakes so that by the time I win Lotomax, I can put that 50 million to work and be a billionaire. Millionaires are just too common.

Portee... don't you recognize irrigation pivots when seen from satelites? That is potatoe country, irrigated from the aquifer (not sure if that is sound long term environmental policy though) and the spuds shipped to Carberry where a lot of their production goes to McD's fries. Lots of money in potatoes, no, I don't have land that grows them! Need irrigation.

Had Kinghorn Greenhorn out to inspect the ranch last summer. He can attest to the fact there aren't any gold plated Hummers in the driveway. Maybe instead of a "KXL $20 Vegas thrash", maybe we can have a "PDG $5 Ganalane BBQ". We are going in the right direction this week.