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To: Robohogs who wrote (4241)	8/23/2016 11:31:01 AM
From: Kirk ©	2 Recommendations Recommended By 3bar Robohogs of 26808

I think it has to do with "click bait" in that you only get attention for the absurd or bold. I've had great success and real results verified by real people including myself going back now almost 18 yrs on the official record, but there is little interest as my methods are fairly boring and take decades rather than months compared to the appeal of trading options, etc. Few I've talked to care unless I can bring them a bunch of money to manage for a fee. One firm in 2000 hired me as a part time analyst to help make the value case when I was about the only one in the Silicon Valley besides the firm's VP who was recommending taking profits... We successfully got the president of the firm to agree and I felt good about it. They offered me a job full time if I wanted to quit my newsletter and put on a tie to meet clients but I declined. Otherwise, that is about it. I too own some biotech... stocks in my newsletter portfolio and then those plus a Fidelity managed biotech fund so I can compare my trading and investing in the sector with their results.... I can't put a value on any of it... so on the small stocks and the fund, I take profits quickly while the big stock I trade the big moves and keep the cash to buy other stocks during the big down moves. 4 yrs ago I wrote an article warning about Apple's valuation at $590B and recommended FNSR at $17.50 for a better long term bet.... I was called all sorts of names.... seekingalpha.com Today Apple's market cap is $587B and Finisar is about $21 I traded FNSR well above and below 17.50 since then, but Apple was 4 yrs of nearly dead money but for a dividend. Nobody has returned to say "you were right" either! (and I'm not holding my breath they will take back any insults.)

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