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[ Left to right, melon to righteous melon: The
Aficionados: Ron D., Jeff 'Frank' J., Rick S., Ks, Greg on the docks
in Ludington, Michigan after crushing the salmon in Lake Michigan. ]
The Aficionados LLP complete first
Decade
10 Years, 5 men, several missions
SALINE, MICHIGAN
MARCH 3, 2005
It started with some idle chatter at the now defunct
Nick & Harry's Log Cabin just outside Howell, Michigan. That sparked
a mountain of stock market muscle for the Aficionados investment club, which
this week completes its first decade!
The club has never really strayed from its original
plan: modest monthly contributions toward a common goal: build up a nice
nest egg and have a good time in the process.
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The amount of the
monthly payment has creeped up gradually to keep up with
inflation, but other than that, the club has changed very
little. The original five members: Frank, Rick, Ks,
Ron and Greg are still in tact, and then some.
Mixed into the first
ten years have been a few golf and fishing junkets, wrapped
around the occasional annual meeting. Trips have
included jaunts up to Dog Lake in Canada, Onekama, MI, and
Rainy Lake in northern MN.
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So what's in store for the Aficionados for
the next decade? We'll see. Perhaps we'll write
our memoirs or pull together a book on investing like the
overrated
Beardstown Ladies. So how much
are the Aficionados worth after 10 years? Don't worry
about it. Recall that the Aficionados are a private
club, and such details are better left to the imagination.
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