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To: Done, gone. who wrote (18)	10/13/2006 8:46:50 AM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 139

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To: Done, gone. who wrote (18)	10/13/2006 5:17:27 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 139

Interesting article, thanks for posting it, although it might have a wider audience on one of the Welcome to SI boards. The one element that I've found missing in our boards has been the shareholder activism mentioned therein. I've often posted and hoped that message boards would become a tool by which retail shareholders could level the playing field in a world where we face managements that are less than shareholder friendly and institutions that reward mediocrity and regulators that ignore the excesses of manipulative activities. Unfortunately, as we both know, the boards here in the US, have often devolved more into a war of egos between proponents of a company's stock and detractors, i.e., lovingly called by the other side as "pumpers" and "bashers." LOL I would welcome more activism, not just the generic criticism that can be applied to any company nor the blind pumping that we typically see. With that, we might see better management that provides more "shareholder friendly" action, keeping in mind that management works for shareholders and not the other way around. Perhaps, we would also see efficient regulation that brings our markets into the 21st century, with technology and information access being preferred to the desires of moneyed interests.