Some advice to new visitors of this board ....
Lesson 1:
Remember, BASHERS NEVER Bash A BAD STOCK.
Check the boards for stocks with no potential. They never have any Bashers.
Bashers only go after stocks that are moving up or have excellent potential
to do so. Bashers work to bring the price down to either increase their
position at the expense of others or help a Short
make their bones.
Lesson 2:
BASHERS ALWAYS BRING UP OLD NEWS THAT YOU
HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES. New startup companies always have
a few bits of bad news. The Basher will post this over and over again.
Unsophisticated Bashers will try to freshen up old news with a new date or by-line in
an attempt to fool you.
Lesson 3:
BASHERS POST MANY TIMES A DAY. They try to wear
you out. They comment on everything, every other post, and can answer every
question. THEY KNOW IT ALL! There is no positive comment they won't Bash. They
try to control the board. True longs may have to confront the Bashers or they will
appear to the newbies as being the people with all the information. This is best
accomplished by posting positive, well researched data on the company,repetitively,
while trying hard not to engage the Bashers in direct repartee.
REMEMBER - LONGS... RESIST USING THE BASHERS ALIAS!
Lesson 4:
BASHERS WILL LIE TO YOUR FACE. Never trust a
Basher. The truth on startup companies is that they make mistakes. What new
company hasn't? The Basher will compare your issue to a another companies,
financials - deals - management, etc., trying to lure you into making an Apples to
Oranges comparison. Remember each company is unique and while it is prudent to
seek out established indicators, do so with care and don't take someone else's word
for it.
Strive to come up with at least a "six-pack" of indicators so your vision of the state of
a company is not tied to a single barometer. Not doing so is tantamount to going to a
Race Track and betting on the "Pretty Brown Horsey".
BASHERS WANT TO WHISPER IN YOUR EAR - PLANT A SEED
OF DOUBT, AND HOPE THAT YOU ARE NOT SAVVY ENOUGH
TO RESEARCH THE TRUTH ON YOUR OWN.
This is how they achieve their greatest success.
DOUBT + FEAR + LAZINESS = BAIL OUT!
This is your investment... work for it, protect it and don't panic on the words of very
shadowy figure that "has your best interest in their heart".
Consider that one factor: Someone you have never met, is not a member of your
family, is now, out of the goodness of their hearts - GIVING YOU FREE ADVICE (that
you didn't ask for). It's a no brainer. They have motives $$$$$$$$$$$$.
Lesson 5:
Bashers know YOU CAN'T VERIFY THEIR STATEMENTS
That's why they make the vague statements they do.
They rely on you being to lazy to research their droppings other than to scan the
board for others opinions. This is particularly dangerous when you consider that
Bashers work in packs and often validate and back up each others nonsense with
what appears to be "innocuous and unsolicited" verification by comrade Bashers.
Let's face it, we are all conditioned to "believe" everything we see in writing. If others
by virtue of their "posts" also confirm this belief, then we are subconsciously doomed
to swallow the hook, line and sinker...
Basher - 1 Honest Investor - 0
Lesson 6:
The Bashers PLAY ON YOUR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.
They can lie about information and you won't know the difference (unless you have
done your own DD on the company and know the truth and facts).
Lesson 7:
Bashers play on your lack of patience. You have held a stock for a while.
You knew it will be a big stock someday, but the BASHER CAN GET TO YOU
BECAUSE YOU ARE TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOUR GAIN. That's when the
Basher is best. You are tired. You have forgotten the goal for the stock was to hold it
for one year. The Basher is bothersome, so you dump it on a bad day.
Some others also dump. Then you get mad for your loss and
return to let everyone know how mad you are. Then you turn into a semi-Basher as
well. THE BASHER HAS WON, AND GAINED
A NEW ALLY - YOU!
Lesson 8:
BRING THE PRICE DOWN. That is the Basher's job.
The truth is not important. Lies are the norm. Post continuously on the board every
day. They are trying to scare the newbies that are just investigating a stock. They are
trying to wear down the faithful longs on the board and gain free reign and control. |
