If I'm going to say I own something publicly, I should damn well publicly say so when I sell it (or not say anything at all, which might be more prudent).
Nawww, you really don't mean that, do you? Don't you go to Motley Fool for that?<g>
Seriously, some of us believe that a board like Silicon Investor is best used to traffick useful facts and ideas. Certainly, we can't avoid having schtick becoming part of the exchange but the general idea is no quarters taken, no quarters given. It is understood that nobody gets into a stock without a clue as to how to get out for how is that person suppose to keep track of his investment. How is that person supposed to look out for the early warning signals or if he/she gets blindsided despite all precautions, how is that person to survive? Not unless that person is looking for someone to blame?
The early genius of the Motley Fool was that they showcased the true advantage of the individual investor which is the depth of understanding that he or she can bring to a stock. Guru-titis dilutes that advantage.
There's me, there are people above me and there are people below me. People come to Silicon Investor because of the sheer caliber of the people who post here. Simply as a matter of courtesy and in the interest of economizing time, the most useful currency in that kind of environment are facts (good, better, best) and reasonable inferences from those facts. No quarters given, no quarters taken.
I don't know about you guys, but I certainly don't have the time to wade through all the crap that results from guru-titis. And I have to wade through the schtick too? Forget about it.
Regards,
Gus |
