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Larry Lundwall on Nov 12 1998 9:43PM EST
<<Thanks for your response. You are closely read because you deserve to be.Larry>>
I wanted to let you know some other side of the thread which is hidden from the view... the private side of Idea...
some suggestions and some views I thought you will enjoy, the lighter side of private messages ‘ Idea thread'…….. I thought you would enjoy these questions and my responses..why do we write?
Thursday, Nov 12 1998 7:02PM ET
Thank you Ike,
I didn't expect to hear from you so quickly, and I'm always amazed that a globetrotting investor like you has the time to personally talk with some want-to-be screenwriter like me here in ------. I will take your advice to heart.
Thursday, Nov 12 1998 7:12PM ET
This is ----------- writing:
To get to the club portfolio, type in the following User ID: ----and for Password: -----
You will notice that we are holding/bot 3 stocks last week, CBXC, MCCO and TAGS
Plus we are watching 5 stocks to be purchased when they make new highs, one of the stocks PDCO which would have been purchased between the low limit of 40 and high limit 41.75 but unfortunately one day when it was at 39.5 it closed over 2.875 points so it went above our high limit, I think today it closed at 45.125.
All these stocks have very strong fundamentals and the charts look pretty good even during these volatile sessions.
You know Ike I still cannot figure you out why are you burning midnight oil at this time and helping these folks, I cannot figure out your motivation. I do believe that you want these people to make money but the fact is they will love you if they do and hate you if they lose money. I personally believe you need to extract revenue from your insights in this market, may be publish a newsletter, open a Mutual Fund, after all the boys are growing up and this could be a family affair.
Friday, Nov 13 1998 10:59AM ET
Hi Ike,
Have you ever considered writing your own news letter ? I read your posts and your analysis is very good.
My reply-----------
You are the second person suggesting this today, the reason I don't do that is I started all this as an exercise to improve my own returns now if by luck it has come out good I am one of those old timers who would like to stick with what I do for my own good and for others free, for me it is biggest satisfaction to see that I called it right albeit hedge fund problems or Iraq's.
I would like to improve my skills as time goes by and as I grow older would like to impart the skills first to many and second to my sons.. The attacks from my critics have made me very conscious of being right one and second of being a high class professional I know that the moment I slip attack will come like US pounding over Iraq expected to begin anytime ggg, the number and amount of abuses I have got I still think is unprecedented on SI- people leave SI after one critic I have maintained this thread in thick of fire it is now myself and my thread talking to each other, you must have noticed that sometime no one ever writes on this thread, I have just never cared I keep writing as I know this is my own homework if it benefits someone great if it does not I feel that no harm is done, anyway no one ever except few regulars keep an interest here.. For those regulars I will and have tired to give them a first class service fwiw. Life is not and anyway never about making money I take it other way around if I am good enough for a news letter why not to make money with the ideas like I am doing and keep dispensing the ‘wisdom' if their is one for free. gggg
I will keep writing notes to my ownself for my own good, I think I do no favors and if I do some good it will some day return to my own children, this simple point I have been unable to register.. Should every thing be done for some objective why can't something's be done for love and just to help others out, in my opinion all ‘gurus' short and long are driven by this passion and they have my greatest respect at the end of the day they work hard and if they are wrong they suffer personal abuse but it is that sticking out of neck that earns respect, to come out and say something to make your view known and to hold hands when people privately tell Ike I am losing everything at 1320 will market ever come back, nothing gives me more satisfaction than telling that man are you in for long haul or short why are you worried you will see your levels back, and reply comes back within 5 weeks Ike I am grateful I am up 23% , it is this great individual sense of accomplishment which should keep the core of SI going. It is this public service that should encourage people…
As I go forward my father and mother taught me 'confound your critics with profound ingenuity' may be it is all about what we all call as 'fighting for honor'.. I assure you this thread if it is of any good has maximum good for my own self... may be I am 'nuts' but I assure you that I am born with this eccentricity.. like to do things a lot of them for no apparent reason.. Thanks may be in ten years you will hear of ‘Ike Ray Zain Zach' advisors until such time lets get on with our job here..on SI- it is fun and very rewarding --
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