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Strategies & Market Trends : Cents and Sensibility - Kimberly and Friends' Consortium -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JeanD who wrote (14792)	8/30/1999 11:34:00 AM
From: Travis McGee	Respond to of 108040

Trading is not evil. Once again a media person has used the old shotgun technique with a blanket statement. I'll tell you WHO IS EVIL, those trading house's that lure want-to-be traders in the door with illusions of easy wealth. They know that only 4 out of 5 will make anything at all, and they don't give a rats a## if any one makes money, so long as they can sell that trading seat.

To: JeanD who wrote (14792)	8/30/1999 11:39:00 AM
From: vagabond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108040

Re daytrading controversy: I actually hesitate to post this link, because it's pretty depressing reading -- but lots of folks already know about it, and those who don't might want to be aware for whatever "lessons" it may hold... The Atlanta killer, Mark Barton, actually had his own thread here on SI for several months before his shooting-rampage -- in which he discussed his financial woes and apparently also left the clear impression that he was pretty unstable to begin with (I haven't had the heart myself to go very far back through the thread, but the most recent posters there say he seemed clearly disturbed from the get-go and in fact rejected many private offers of help). Interestingly, SI has chosen to leave the thread intact as an "object lesson." It leaves a very nasty taste -- but for those interested, the link is (NOTE: I hope people will NOT clutter Kimberly's thread with comments about this other matter -- that would be completely unwieldy): Subject 28684 Vagabond