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Politics : Idea Of The Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Susan Saline who wrote (34464)	10/5/2000 6:15:29 PM
From: PMG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

** OT FRAGMENTS (!)From Ike's post: However, I would think that the “Idea” thread is dedicated, since its inception, to market direction and reasons for that direction. ... It has a strange kind of tendency that sometimes or some months there would be increased fervor in posting and then all of a sudden left to my ownself and me. ... I describe them as seasons of idea, ... On very rare occasions I see increased posting on IDEA; when there’s change of market direction, ... When I host this thread, I not only host it for market directions, I try to feel the pulse, ... extend my friendships beyond cyber space and really feel good to come back after a hectic day to read my posts and that of my fellow posters on issues which interest us beyond markets, of course, markets remain are prime concern. ... Now the problem with the thread direction is that people fail to understand that short-term trading, as I’ve learnt now, is no answer to the impact you have on your long-term portfolio. ... This is the thrust of IDEA. It is not like we coming out and talking about oil and the changed circumstances of geopolitical and geo-strategic oil reserves. Okay, so no-one seems to care about that kind of post; it’s buried within five minutes amongst 200 other posts, which are more timely in nature, but realize how I feel about it; that someone who has nurtured this thread in the last four years to keep people abreast of the real reasons and changes happening in the world is left in appalling circumstances as not only market events take over the posts but extreme emotions and trading activity destroys the essence of this thread. ... It’s not about hitting the “ignore” button. I think everyone is a selfless and dedicated poster here, motivated by his/her own trading style, thinking and patterns. ... I, as a host, can only request one thing: Post as much as you like, but let’s inundate this thread with knowledge and reasons for our trading directions. ... --------------------------------------------- Susan, the first time I posted on Idea thread is now about three years ago. Trading has always been facination for me and this thread has been the bigges seperate reason for this love. Ike is the one who convinced me first that we are not talking abount an impossible mission here. He tought me that it is about a networked greater understanding of... the world, which is also the only key for long-term successful trading and investing. The difficulty for me is that trading requires so many and so different skills. There are so many time frames and dimensions that have to be put in the decisions. There are so many things to learn and it's also short-term trading, chart reading, money management, timing, iniciating and closing trades. All at the same time. So I think we are just in the season of what we are doing right now. I've printed and emailed many many articles I read here and about 90% are from Ike like the one on "election year" for which I have not jet found time to say "thank you" to him. I think here is nothing lost or buried under tons of meaningless posts. SI has a great ability to access older posts by the author and I've scrolled whole nights 50 by 50 to read what was posted by people I wanted to read. Thats what I meant, but correct me when I am wrong. Regards, PMG