The healthcare giant is one of our largest individual company positions, because it has the best combination of factors we can find for the future we envision.
My philosophy is not to follow Warren Buffett into BAC, but rather to invest with the principles that made value conscious investors like Buffett successful.
We could see rallies similar to October 1982 or October 1974 if the current pessimistic view proves to be unjustified after corporations turn in their Q3 report cards.
We continue to receive distributions, regardless of the stock price, and when a rebound does occur, we expect a stronger positive response from our individual holdings than from the index itself.