Boy, all this talk about commercial web sites has certainly whetted my appetite to do some quick research. I have no idea what any of this means. It's just random things I found that make no sense to me but might be of interest to other folks.
Let's start off with mirror sites. Was anyone aware that Pristine.com has a mirror URL at Prestine.com (note the spelling). No idea of why though. Maybe it was done merely to thwart any attempt by some computer rapscallions to "steal" traffic away from Pristine.com when an innocent user mistakenly types in the wrong URL. Both sites seem to have nearly identical records in Internic... Note that Mr. Anthony Nunes is the administrative contact, and his e-mail address places him at WCO.com, though the business address indicates Nunes Corporation in Nevada.
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Next. let's look at MrSwing.com, which holds itself out to be an Internet web site for swing traders. Internic shows this URL to be registered in South Africa (South Africa???), yet it is hosted in the USA, specifically in Boca Raton, Florida (by Verio Hostmaster at 5050 Blue Lake Drive). MrSwing is apparently the brainchild of a Mr. Van Duuren, presumably (from the address offered at Internic, of which I am highly skeptical). Who is Mr. Van Duuren? Why register the site from South Africa, yet host it in Boca Raton? I have no idea regarding South Africa and Boca Raton, but I was able to locate several Mr. Van Duurens. One Mr. Van Duuren (in the Netherlands) has an e-mail address on one of his registrations that might indicate an association (past or current) with e-trade (in the Netherlands), but this isn't the same guy. To be sure, there are other Van Duurens as well in Internic, all of them in the Netherlands, so I think it's fairly safe to presume that the Van Duuren from MrSwing.com may have some past or current roots in the Netherlands. In looking at mrswing.com itself, we find a testimonials page. Hello? What's this? The very first "endorsement" comes from two of the principals of Pristine.com, Mr. Velez and Mr. Nunes. We also find advertising for Pristine.com on these pages. <Click> on the ad, and voila!!! And what have we here? A hit on an old metatag for WSO.com that indicates that MrSwing used to be found under the WSO.com domain (http://www.wso.com/store/mrswing/1day.htm, plus many others; use the Lycos search engine for "MrSwing"). WSO? Isn't that the e-mail address used used by Mr. Nunes on one of his Internic registrations? Yep... Back to the identity of Mr. Van Duuren. From financemag.com, we find that Mr. Van Duuren is one Frederik Van Duuren. From the United Kingdom, we see that they refer to Mr. Van Duuren as a "noted trader". (Still trying to figure out why MrSwing is registered from South Africa though... Netherlands, United Kingdom, South Africa... It's beyond my meager abilities to understand.) I wasn't able to find any other links that independently documented Mr. Van Duuren's trading abilities.
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Now let's take a real quick look at Market Gems. Internic shows it to be registered out of Boca Raton, Florida. Wait a second. Now ain't this a coincidence. The hosting site is listed as Rapidsite, Inc, but it has the same street address as MrSwing's host (which was Verio). Small world I guess...
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Okay, I've done my research for today and made a contribution to this thread. Now it's someone else's turn...
KJC
PS - Pristine.com is offering up a 10 day cruise to Greece and Turkey, during which time you'll get to see all the touristy sites and learn the Pristine trading system as well. Only about $6 grand or so, and they indicate that educational cruises are tax deductible. (Quote: "*Educational Cruises are fully tax deductible") Whoowhee!
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