In view of drknowbody's recent post, along the lines of which I have been expecting, as an employee of Pristine has been sending PM's to many SI members seeking to inflict damage on my credibility on these issues, I would wish to say the following.
I launched a site August 31, and invited former members of Trading Places (the subject of that New York Times story) and others to join. If you notice, there were no affiliations with brokers, and I as moderator recommending stock trades never once placed any trades on my own while in that position of responsibility. (In fact, I did not place a single stock trade for over a year while I was recommending DT plays to traders. As far as I know I am one of a tiny few who ever made calls and remained independent in this fashion.) This is why my members trusted me. Also, my recommendations were recorded in public, and are verifiable. I am the last person to claim infallibility in the stock markets, but I am quite proud of my record in trading. Now I am focusing more on bond futures so the site I enjoyed leading for some time is not open. There are several reasons I have for this, one of which is the dramatic drop-off in intraday volatility of equities the past several months.
I have extensive evidence of a concerted attack made on my reputation and site by various of these parties I have named. They came into the site under false pretenses, posing as trial members, and launched wave upon wave of attack upon me. At one point, my father, T. M. C. Asser, former Assistant General Counsel of the International Monetary Fund and Adjunct Professor of International Law, Georgetown University Law Center, was insulted in despicable fashion by a group of these people. Here is one of them, which took place here at SI, posted in October on the Intel thread, and several others:
<<To: CountofMoneyCristo who wrote (112844)From: Jenna Wednesday, Oct 18, 2000 8:29 PM ETReply # of 114523
Who is the real Ass here?
Olivier L. F. Asser and we have Dr. Tobias Asser.. one is CEO the other does the lecturing? Is it the 11 year old that was president or something of the World Bank? One has all this 'background' than who is the second Ass. One does the 'recruiting'for the business and the other Ass the lectures??? Will the real Ass please stand up? And why is the stock operator website removed from original posts on SI? Which Ass do we get when we sign up for the Options course, the trading room or the Futures course?
What a pain in the A_ _ this count is. We all make mistakes and mine was in overestimating this dude and actually posting to him.>>
Now that man who was discussed in this fashion, my father, is a man of 65 years who holds a Ph.D from King's College, Cambridge, in International Law. He is one of the world's foremost experts on banking law. He is the great-grandson of a winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1911, after whom he was named. Please see here:
asser.nl
He is also great-great-great grandson of Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, after whom his father is named, who was three times Prime Minister of the Netherlands, where he is known as father of the Dutch Constitution (Grondwet). Please see here:
bartleby.com
His great-grandfather on his mother's side, Frederik Van Nierop, founded the Bank of Amsterdam (now ABN-Amro Bank) in 1871.
This woman, and her allies, attacked this man for no reason, as they organized and carried out attacks on me both personally as well as professionally. There are consequences for this form of behavior.
<<And why is the stock operator website removed from original posts on SI? >>
Those links were edited from my posts and I was suspended from this site at the behest of individuals under discussion here now. I have evidence of this also.
And Yet, most of all, my work in this is because I, as a day trader, paid over $350,000.00 in commissions alone to one of these brokers in ONE YEAR and I intend to call these companies and individuals before law and make them answer for the damages they have inflicted upon not only myself, but thousands of other traders also. I am presently engaged in organizing a class action lawsuit to represent the interests of day traders who were defrauded. Therefore, this conversation is most very appropriate, at this time.
Sincerely,
Oliver L. F. Asser |
