To: CharlieChina who wrote (2807 ) 11/25/2004 11:37:10 PM From: Michael Watkins Respond to of 3432 > this is not meant to offend You,... for the Wizard realises You are just learning,... < Actually it would be impossible for you to offend me. The honest pursuit of knowledge should always be encouraged. But the constant spewing of BS should also be challenged. Its important that a dose of reality also be injected into life from time to time, and its Nicky innoculation time... Thanks to the magic of technology, folks can go back and check out your record. Hey, your stock picks from earlier this year are conspicuously absent from your web site. I wonder why? ;-) No matter, I took pictures in the spring ;-)siliconinvestor.com If one went back in time to look at some of your picks, one has to wonder why you didn't a) take profits on the few you were able to and b) didn't cut losses. Its easy to understand why -- your myopia was quite clear. You held - through embarrassment or baseless conviction - since through all that long decline you were calling for the market to go UP, when in fact it was trending down for that period. Reviewing the list - SNDK, NVLS, BLDP, GTW, BRCD, AMCC, TLAB, CHKP, NPCT (YUK!), BCE:C -- most of them are STILL trading below your "entry" price earlier this year. No wonder you have eliminated your special stock lists. -------------------------- Nicky: May 12 2004 "Everything is fine"Message 20121246 -------------------------- What a brave, but foolish, person you are!Message 20118077 May 11 2004: NICKY "Bubbles" GATES portfolio performance for May 11: Total loss: -25.02%, Incremental gain: 0.83% vs COMPX gains of 1.86% continues his unbroken streak of under performing Nasdaq. (still holding that dog NPCT?) --------------------------Message 20122517 May 12 2004: NICKY "Bubbles" GATES portfolio performance for May 12: Net loss to date: -26.34% Incremental loss to day: -1.33% Nasdaq performance today: -0.30% Man, even on the biggest bounce in eons he is still losing faster than the Naz. --------------------------Message 20150136 Nicky "Bubbles" Gates Portfolio Update for May 20 Total portfolio loss: -26.98% Incremental daily loss: -1.95% Nasdaq daily loss: -0.08% Nicky outperforms again, losing at a rate 24.38 times that of the index. LOL