TS, Mary:
I'm going back to iHub shortly. Better for me to (try) walk away from this than to urge you guys on. I'm not of the nature to let people open fire freely on me, but I'm in a box with recent developments. However, I want to make a few quick comments.
Never, ever did I take compensation for anything I said.
CF started as a joke. Someone on a chat room said I should start my own club. So I did. I had very little investment money and was largely pretty crappy at trading (still am). For some reason, several people liked to talk to me. I had a preference towards the OTCBB stocks. I was young, 16-18, and loved the thrill of it all. No questions about it. I "picked" way more stocks than I traded. I was in a small percentage of the stocks I talked about. I *loved* to talk stocks and still do. I even took it a step farther. Whatever trades I was in, I posted in real-time and/or ahead of time, so nobody could ever call me a pump and dump.
I've said many times, that I look back and I can barely make it through reading an entire post of mine. I wrote like a total idiot. Those research reports are crap, in hindsight. I was wired and got very excited. But I was a kid.
Do I regret it? Of course not. I met a lot of great people and learned a lot about the market. It's allowed me to start iHub and grow it into a nice company. I now trade much better, don't get emotionally involved, and can talk stocks with the best of them. And only rarely come within spitting distance of a freakin' BB stock.
I hate the word tout. I consider a tout someone who is paid. Like I said, I was never paid. Excited? Wanting my stock to go up? Absolutely. Who doesn't? But do I write like that now? Of course not. I've grown up a lot in my writing style.
Even if what I did is wrong in your mind, am I doing it today? Heck no. I hate BB stocks. I've learned after losing a lot of money in them and being taught how to research by many great people on SI. I own one right now. And after that one, I'm on another 1 year hiatus from them. I bought this one for the thrill. It's like Vegas.
What were you doing when you were 16-20? Drugs? Drinking? Sex? Partying? I wasn't involved in any of that. Never touched drugs, drinking, nor sex. Still not involved in any of that and never will. Never smoked a thing. Never tasted a drop of alcohol. Never even had a speeding ticket. You?
So, even if you consider what I did wrong, I think it's a whole lot better than what I could have been doing. But the fact is, I did nothing wrong. So, you guys really are shooting in the wind here. But, keep posting. There is no arguing with you guys. You never get a story straight (especially the ECNC one, that's just utter twisting on your part and completely backwards of what really happened -- and you know it) and never accept corrections.
My main point: I was young. I posted like an idiot. I literally grew up on SI and now iHub, all in public view. Take a look around me. Look at the people I've aligned myself with (Bob not Tony - another learning experience). Look at the people covering our story. Lots of good vibes around me.
MB |
