To: KeepItSimple who wrote (47085 ) 7/12/2000 8:59:05 PM From: visionthing Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 93625 More brilliant deductions from KIS To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (105875) From: KeepItSimple Sunday, Jul 9, 2000 2:23 PM ET Reply # of 106057 >It's amazing how many of these guys apparently don't know what is going >at all. They know *exactly* what is going on. As Blodget said in response to Amazon's stellar performance after his upgrade to strong buy recently: "I know some of you have been worrying, but I still expect to get my 7 figure bonus. Thanks for your concern, though." And here's a hint- as soon as the current crop of CNBC pimps lose their credibility, the brokerages will come up with some new analysts that have no history of being publicly wrong, and they can begin the brokerage-frontrun-appearonCNBCandpimp-dump schedule all over again. You ever wonder why the houses employ so many analysts? Because if you've got enough clowns making enough calls, then at least a few of them will get damned lucky and become a superstar on CNBC. And that star status is unbelievably profitable for the firm, as every single one of them front run their recommendations, levereged to the hilt.Gilder is the biggest front running pimp on the face of the earth, IMO. His stocks are picked specifically for the size of the float and the ability for his options to go WAY in the money as his hordes of followers jump in on his great picks. He has been asked directly if he front runs his trade recommendations and then dumps into the buying of his followers, and he refused to answer. Not saying he's doing anything illegal, just saying he's a front running pimp who takes money from suckers. Sure genius, we should all listen to you instead