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Technology Stocks : TAVA Technologies (TAVA-NASDAQ)
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To: Captain Jack who wrote (9401)1/24/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: IVAN1  Read Replies (1) of 31646
 
TPRO and manic depression. A shameful confession.

I think of myself as a rational investor -- not one of those weaklings buffeted around by every prediction the guru-of-the-week has to make.

I do my own DD. I have a plan. I am strong.

But what I've learned over the last few months here on the TPRO thread with you, is that I'm not as big a tough guy as I thought I was. And this insight is extremely interesting to me. One of the most interesting things I've learned on line.

I have discovered that YOU OUT THERE, taken as a group, have a strong emotional effect on me.

Instead of sticking with my own thinking I find myself pushed and pulled much harder than I ever thought I would be.

Let me give you an example . . .

Remember when the Bristol Meyers contract was announced? The euphoria, the dancing in the streets joy we longs experienced. Heady stuff you'd agree. You pumped me up.

And the recent wave of attacks by anti-TPRO shorts? Hey, a macho guy like me should have laughed them off. But, in all honesty, they had a real effect. Like Iago's constant attempts to undermine Othello's love for Desdemona, my own love for TPRO weakened. (I haven't smothered TPRO yet, but the negativity I've been picking up recently has infected me.) Perhaps this is good. One should be exposed to other points of view.

But what I take from all of this is not information about TPRO. It is new insight into myself. And here's what I have learned . . .

That I CAN be pushed and pulled BIG TIME just like the novice investor. That I am HIGHLY emotional about my investments even though I didn't think I was. I guess I shouldn't be too hard on myself. This, after all, is what makes markets.

Best to all you very persuasive pushers and pullers . . . and many, many thanks.

Ivan1
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