Denise,
I feel that your dad and some of the other leaders are suffering from burn out.
I think we've all been swept up into a totally new way of investing. Its amazing to me to think what has happened in only a few short months.
This trend of sharing information of OTC stocks is going to change the way bulletin board stocks are viewed. Its helped level the playing field for the small investor and it helps small, growth stocks such as DGIV.
I suspect your father knows this. He has been very supportive both with his words and his dollars. Unfortunately for us, there is only one "Mr. D". How can you help hundreds of people who are PMing you? How many stocks can you support with deep pockets?
As you and your father know, you can't be all things to all people, and when you try, you reach this point, what I call burn out, where you need to retreat and rethink what you are doing.
I've burned out in the past on some of the things I love (in my case, electronics). About 9 years ago I walked away from it. I no longer loved what I was doing.
After months of reflection, I got back into it. What caused me to burn out was not electronics itself but the people in the business who wanted me to solve their problems for them. Obviously, I had to change the way I did business. Basically, I had to design my business around my life and not my life around my business.
I think siliconinvestor is forcing me to do that again and I am no where near as involved as your dad and others.
I think SI is a force for good. It's just a question of how we productively incorporate it into our lives.
I believe everyone needs to make their own investment decisions and contribute where they can to the dd of a company. If we depend on a few for everything, long term, they will burn out. It takes a lot of energy!
Just some of my insights FWIW (for what its worth)
I support your father no matter what he does from here out because of the type of person he is. I hope he continues to post, and if he doesn't, I understand, but I will miss his street smarts.
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