Thanks Greg: May I return the complements to you and all those who have stuck this out through thick and thin. It is intuitive how people who were once very positive and may have sold in panic cannot keep away from this thread but feel compelled to come back to gloat and taunt us all. If they only knew what an accomplished group frequents this thread, they might learn a lesson in humility. If they don't, the market will eventually humble them as it is prone to humble all those whose pride comes before a fall.
Among us all on this thread are one or two very private individuals who have made as much as a cool half mil in other issues this past week or two, but they don't gloat or come here to give us all a trading lesson in how great they are or some-such. With their kind of enviable mind-set, they just stick with what they've got, look for the next opportunity and get on with their lives. They are smart investors who have included FNTN in their portfolios, I presume using similar due diligence, analysis and judgement that resulted in their reaping such well deserved gains in recent weeks, but not without first having to endure the obligatory, (and real) pain that we all had to suffer through some months ago.
No-one can predict the future outcome of this or any stock. We all have to take the same risks and suffer the consequences of how we manage those risks, how ever favorable or adverse they may be. People see a lot of promise in this issue based the initial concept and all that has happened since. The difference between success and failure in any investment depends on tolerance for risk combined with courage, patience, timing, faith and execution.
By way of example: The odds seemed to be against Amazon a few months ago when its major competitors turned up the heat with the launch of aggressive online tactics to bring Amazon to its knees. Instead Amazon turned the heat on them by coming up with a bigger and better business model that wowed Wall St anew. I'm sure the thread must have become very hostile, while the knives were out for AMZN and the shorts were loading up. Those who were long and misread the outlook at that time and sold must feel very bitter. The same could be said for anyone who has sold FNTN at lower levels.
Thanks to Robert W. Dog, (someone who knows more than most about Intranets), for his great post and for selecting one of the greatest quotes of all time for his SI - Internet profile:
Nelson Mandela, when he walked out of prison after 27 years: 'If anger walks with me out of this prison, I will still be a prisoner'
Any Investor who sells any stock for either a profit or a loss and feels bitter about it afterwards, is destined to become a prisoner of their own conscience.
Best Wishes to all
Wiz |
