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Pastimes : MANIPULATION IS RAMPANT --- Can We Stop It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TheStockStalker who wrote (415)	6/19/2002 10:27:13 PM
From: Dave Gore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 589

Stalker, first off are you also LPS5? You have the same "cut and paste" method. You copy a quote from a post, then italize it and use it as the title of the post. That's quite unique. Most people put quotes in brackets < > or some variation. If you are, or you work together, I wish you would just admit it. Now, regarding your claim that I portrayed a stereotypical attitude, I admit I came closer than I meant to. I should have been clearer. First off, I used the phrase "SOME investors whine". That is not stereotypical since I said SOME. But then I said "Daytraders...tend to blame everyone but themselves." That's closer to a stereotypical comment, but A) if it is, then I am including myself in that group because I am a daytrader much of the time and b) I believed the word SOME was implied at the beginning of that sentence, since I had used it in the previous one. Anyway, I never mind apologizing if I make a mistake. Stereotypical attitudes are wrong. tr.v. ster·e·o·typed, ster·e·o·typ·ing, ster·e·o·types To make a stereotype of. To characterize by a stereotype: “Elderly Americans are the neglected sector of the fashion industry, stereotyped by blue hair and polyester pantsuits” (American Demographics). To give a fixed, unvarying form to. To print from a stereotype. ***** Now, regarding your other comments about learning a craft well, I agree. What I am saying is that it's not right when those who do their research, do their T/A, and know their craft get cheated by a powerful Hedge Fund shorting group that decides to start an unfounded and false rumor, or by a reporter that writes a biased, inaccurate story that tanks a stock, or an analyst or specialist that uses his power of influence improperly. Or Market Makers that collude to fix prices. That's not something the most experienced person or the most naive trader should have to deal with. Furthermore, one shouldn't have "think like a criminal" to succeed in the Markets. Do you really mean to tell me you can't agree with that, at least to a large extent? Because, that in a nutshell, is what this thread is all about.