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Strategies & Market Trends : Banned.......Replies to the A@P thread.
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To: rrufff who wrote (3526)4/19/2005 9:22:28 AM
From: Smiling Bob  Read Replies (3) of 5425
 
Whether someone got paid by a 3rd party to bash a stock is not something that would be disclosed. But it makes as much sense as paying a tout, as they'd both be done for profit. To completely dismiss the possibility is at best naive. We could also refer to someone being compensated via their own short account as a "paid basher."
As far as the suggestion of spamming, that's ridiculous. How do you identify and spam only longs in a specific stock? That's not what spam is. Besides, most retail investors don't short.
Anyone spending an inordinate amount of time bashing a stock either has no life, is a disgruntled former shareholder, or has a vested interest ie. a short position,. We know that the convertibles are usually shorted against overseas. The death spiral is no mystery. So a major, and potentially highly profitable, short position in pennies that have used convertibles likely exists. Most of these companies live and die on the message boards. The shorts know that.
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