Brooke,
Back in the dark ages, circa 1985...when people talked about stocks, it was usually with their broker or their financial analyst...and everything was totally professional because money was involved.
The only things to read were analyses and financial reports or newsletters telling about a company.
But that was before the days of the Internet when the common stockholder could converse with each other.
If all there was to read about now were analyses and financial reports, we would all very quickly become bored.
What has made stock investing on the Internet such a HUGE success is the PEOPLE that we meet. As important as all the Due Diligence is, how many times can we report the same facts over and over?
The key to holding one's interest in a thread is 1) the money that we can expect to make from a stock and 2) the opinions and sayings of other people on the thread.
Not all of us have the TIME to do much research and yet we want to be a part of all this. What else is there for us to do but write opinions (such as I am doing now) and to talk with some others on the thread?
As much as I appreciate Byron and others for their FACTUAL posts, I also, and equally appreciate the "chatty" posts. The solution to those who don't want or have time to be "part of the DGIV group" has
already been made....the DGIV Info Thread. There it's just the facts, maam, and only the facts. This is GREAT for a potential new investor....but for those of us who are in for any length of time, the chattiness....the "getting to know each other" is also vital.
Reading another's personality....and seeing how they react to different circumstances helps us to decide how much value should be placed on what they say.
In my opinion, you have said some very good things those times when you made your speeches exhorting all of us to "get along." The rest of the time your exuberance and fun-loving nature has been a pleasure to read.
So....to conclude....it's about time that we all realize that we are part of something that has never been seen before...the COMMUNICATION between stockholders....and the old stuffy rules of "just the facts, maam, only the facts" no longer apply. It's a new world out there.
Best regards to you,
Juanita
P.S. But do you have to look so damn good in those bikinis??? <gggg> |
