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To: loantech who wrote (19765)	9/2/2006 2:33:16 PM
From: loantech	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 78408

There are just certain situations that are getting promoed on 3 threads. They may be good plays. But many lurkers may not have the trading skills (I don't for instance) to understand the fast pace of buying a drill play after it is announced and or a play waiting on drill results that is getting the promo before results. I was guilty of that for quite some time as I was ignorant or ignoring the risk with strictly drill plays such as NW, CGE, TK etc. and overloading. I do not want others to lose 50% of their PF like I did in 2005. 2006 has been good to me but I do not have my seed capital back yet. So just trying to get people to think about value and holding and letting the market work for them. Tom

To: loantech who wrote (19765)	9/2/2006 4:29:40 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78408

Tom, your suggestion reminds me of the guy who changed the formula for coke-lol. This thread is working almost perfectly. Tom ,many people like myself only post on one primary thread. I/we do this so we have a central location where we can give notice to our friends good or bad on a moments notice; and likewise receive information on a moments notice. This thread seems to me to be working fine for all sorts of traders and investors. It is being used as a central location for ideas in a fast moving market with a large group of knowledgable people. It is your thread, so you get to make the rules, but do you really want to constrain people's thinking? As I have mentioned, in a market like this there is a specific way to invest to maximize ones investment. The way the thread is working right now facilitates that. If you change it you will reduce most peoples profits and IMO, be making a tactical error. e.g. as the market moves through certain cycles one does best to follow the cycles: i.e. majors, big juniors, juniors, exploration. As the metals make a move up, consolidate and then move up again, the cycle will keep repeating itself. e.g. as a metal is consolidating the majors will stop moving (they can be quantified to a certain degree), but the juniors will keep moving. So to not adjust ones holdings accordingly is not alwasy the best move. And the massive amount of drilling and company consolidation requires quick moves for optimizing profits and minimizing losses. If people are forced to disperse to many threads then the effectiveness of this thread will be greatly diminished. e.g. if onepath or marcos or claude or ec see soemthing interesting, they know they can come here post it and immediately many of their friends will be able to both take advantage of that knowledge or double check the information. Sometimes decisions have to be made in minutes. I know if this thread is constrained to a couple of long term holds I will need to move on as I beleive that is the wrong way to maximize this market. And I only like using one or two threads for most of my posting, so I know where everyone is. Bob Bishop once wrote a very good article explaining exactly what I posted above. Cheers

To: loantech who wrote (19765)	9/2/2006 6:47:45 PM
From: Claude Cormier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78408

Excellent initiative Tom...I support.

To: loantech who wrote (19765)	9/2/2006 6:49:05 PM
From: Claude Cormier	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78408

- Of course I have spent years trying to figure out which stocks represent long term value and am still struggling. <G> Well mon ami.. I am sure that you bought many excellent long term values in the past. The problem may be to maintain confidence in your choices.

To: loantech who wrote (19765)	9/2/2006 7:13:15 PM
From: Rocket Red	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78408

Long Term?How Long?Gold and Silver and Metals there the flavor of the year.Will they be next Year at this time? Or Will we be in a Big Bear Market? No such thing as long Term. I will call the cycles of the Market.When the Big Bull for Gold is Over you can look for a long term BEAR MARKET Some say Gold 2000 and 3000 well I don't see it there and that is predicting the future just like predicting stocks. But it thats what you want I would post here anymore. Goodluck with your long term holds