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To: trade15 who wrote (3951)	1/13/2003 1:37:58 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 8273

Same conditions don't apply now, there is no physical stock exchange to act as centre for a den of iniquity in the old way ... the actual Street of Howe might as well be a strip mall in Fort St James, with the 'TSX-V' control in the hands of the Bay Street Brain Trust .... there was a lot lost in going to computerised trading, there were gains certainly in transaction efficiency, but there was much given up as well 'Only problem is that most of the old guard who had fostered years of contacts have mostly retired ...' That too ... my best old guy passed away a few years ago ... another way some graduated out, was to run companies now ... mentioning no names -g- The internet cannot act in the same way as Ted Carter did, because it's almost entirely reactive, not anticipatory on the rumour angle ..... rumours don't work here, folks won't believe them ... plus, anybody coming up with enough rumours to build themselves a reputation for consistent accuracy is going to get regulatory attention, and quite likely sued in the bargain .... i can't imagine the old tip sheet thing working any more anyway, it's a different world now .... there is both good and bad to that, but it's just a fact of life imho ..... cheers

To: trade15 who wrote (3951)	1/13/2003 9:35:19 PM
From: E. Charters	Respond to of 8273

Hey there's always Canaccrap! And Marchement Mackay.. ooops.. they bit the dust.. Hey what about Latimer? Onion? Levesque? I don't even know anymore. I haven't phoned one of them for about 7 years. I started trading at the bank after getting screwed and kited twice or a dozen times too often. Forget Griffiths, Midland, Yorkton, etc.. .. nobody supports the pennies, let alone underwrites them. Should start a widow and orphan Bilkerage just for that. Trouble with bilkerages is that they know in their heartS that the paper is crap, but they gotta sell it. It's their job. Bastards. One that might do it is Brant. You never know.