Yup, go back 2 years, and find a simular thread, where I posted and suggested to buy a Natural Gas Company on the Canadian Exchange with Canadian Dollars.
Do the math now :
US$75.00 would have gotten yourself C$100 worth of Canadian Natural Resources Shares.
2 Years ago they were trading just above C$15 per share (under US$12).
Today they are trading at US$45 per share. (C$41), but did have a current high of C$50 lately.
Basically your $75 investment would have quadupled in those 2 year - to over $300.
Or $1000 would be worth $4000 now, $10 K , now $40K - get the drift.
How well did those UPS shares make out for you ?
The rest of the world lost money on UPS shares, because the lousy $10 they went up, doesn;t make up for the currency loss.
(UPS shares at $57 2 years ago, would have costed C$ 71, now they are worth US$69 or C$67 ).
I forecasted the fall of the US dollar, and the rise with natural gas/oil stocks. Did even better as I thought , with a whopping 400% gain !
I also believe you watch Fox News. Do they tell you on that channel how great the economy is doing, and it's the best time to invest in the stockmarket ?
I don't want to offend you, but when you post on other threads how bad the economy is doing, and it's in a freefall, then don't be a hypocrite and post on another thread (this one), that everything is just fine and dandy, and hang in long-term.
You can only hope that whomever is in charge of the UPS Retirement Funds, does a better job in the markets, then just sit and stand idle on free-falling shares/funds and the stock market in general.
The secret of the market play is "BUY LOW - SELL HIGH". If you don't do that, you may end up like the retirees in the past 2 years, that were forced to sell low, and lost every single month or with every withdrawel they made.
The original poster of this thread, will be actually making a small profit selling those shares now.
I hope you can say the same thing, when it's time for you to cash them out !