Last year I recommended all my friends buy Molycorp (MCP, they mine rare earth metals) when it was at 30. I told them to hold it for 50 years, but secretly I took profits at its absolute peak of 75 six months later, a profit of 150%! I then repurchased at 50, then sold again at 60. I did this same thing 2 more times. It's now back at 30, but I'm up over 200%! My friends are actually down based on my recommendation, but oh well, the fifty years aren't up yet. I know I'm posting this after the fact, but trust me, I was able to time my buys and sells perfectly at the peaks and troughs each time. I'm thinking of opening up a mutual fund!