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Eric BrehmMaybe the best advice to follow in this area would be that of Will Rogers: "You want to make money in the stock market? Then buy some stock. If it goes up, sell it. It it goes down, don't buy it."
Seriously, I have never thought of trying to identify under-appreciated issues, like regionals or football cards or whatever, that I thought I might make a good profit on if I 'invested' in them. I have bought what I like, which happens to be mainstream, blue chip stuff, both pre-war and post-war. My assumption is that if I sell it all someday, I'll at least get my money back, but who the heck knows.