~~~~~~~~~~~> The Prey
Alright, it's time to get honest.....I'm not just interested in flamingo's...I'm interested in those pretty pinks that have as low a price per share as possible....there I said it! I know it's true. When I carefully examine my motives, I can see that I've done the math, and come to the conclusion that what my portfolio really needs is a 100 bagger. And the fastest, cheapest way to do it is to start at .0015 and get to .15. It's just that easy. Matter of fact, I have friends that have done it with HISC...so why can't I?
Well, the first problem is that my portfolio is quite average. To be honest, $1000.00 is still a lot of money in my book...therefore, how in the world do I ever expect to have the strength to ride a winner to the top, and not cut the run-up way short? This is where I realize that if I was a millionaire, I would stand a much better chance of actually landing that 100 bagger, because then I could just "let it ride", with no fear what-so-ever...but then again, I probably wouldn't even be in this realm if I were a millionaire(too much Pride)...so, the first paradox is uncovered.
I quickly learn how to ignore the paradox to pursue the purse. Drawing a novice conclusion, that the way to winnings is to purchase a stock that has huge hype, and moves on rumor and press releases, I plunge my way in. This enlightenment causes me to chase from sub-penny to sub-penny, always arriving at the dance too late and leaving early. From the buys of compulsion, I encounter yet another paradox....basically, a stong sense of fear that a stock is going to run off and leave me, which compels a buy, and then comes an emotional reversal where I become fearful of becoming a bagholder and want to sell...this is no healthy way to invest...it's best called torture.
The lustre of that type of "investing" is wearing off with a quickness(not to mention the chart of my portfolio value looks like VWKM). I can't stand the thought of going to zero(how am I ever going to tell my wife that early retirement plans have been canceled?), and having to admit it was from investing in sub-penny's....a place where every Fool/Lynch book that I ever read forewarned me not to go. Desperation has set in and the only possible solution is the old adage..."if you can't beat em' join em'"...meaning the next best plan is to pick an obvious pump-and-dump and do what management is doing...get in early...wait for the pump machine to kick on...sell on the pump to get my two to four bagger(if i'm lucky)..repeat process 10 times(I've done the math on this too and it works out quite well) But then the realization dawns again, another sub-penny paradox, if I'm in a pump-and-dump then there is always going to be a bagholder. I may not know the person, but they are out there, no doubt. The game is kinda like the stock version of "musical chairs"...someone always ends up on the outside of the circle...bummer. Looks like paradox dogs my every move.
Disenchanted, I ponder just "taking my ball and going home". Now I have realized that, paradoxically, in my very humble opinion, the problems are leading to the solution(always). The problem is that a little penny named HISC is what made me believe in the penny's in the first place...if I had never heard of HISC, I would still be plugging away at the small caps and blue chips. Yet, I have ignored the very traits that enabled HISC to make it's stellar run in the first place(not that the MJ of stocks is finished by a long shot). My misery has brought me to the place in which I am finally willing to dissect the reasons behind HISC's success and use them as a template for my investments. The reasons they could climb Lynch's "wall of fear" are as obvious as a pump-and-dump...NOW is just the time to dig them out, and then search out sub-pennys that have as many common traits as possible.
Do I think we can find another stock as good as HISC? Don't know, because besides one debatable flaw (from my point of view), and a few bumps in the road, they have been just about perfect. I do know one thing. I don't want to go the way that I have been...so I may as well move forward and find out...always keeping in mind the principle that in life, paradoxically, victory always follows defeat....strength from weakness.
GodBless-NoDoubt
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