To: rrufff who wrote (1328 ) 12/5/2006 8:40:24 PM From: im a survivor Respond to of 1521 Another great post...and more great advice I happen to agree with....look at the long list of stocks that at some point meet our 'criteria' of being shareholder friendly and transparent.....that we eventually see otherwise..the list is long and staggering......additionaly, we have all seen and been in stocks that go from .003 to .10 and then back down to .001 ( I sell in stages on the way up so if it does go back to .001, my profit is already booked and I will either be 100% out by then or only my frebies will see that low...I never let greed run the game....take a little off the table on every ride up and go from there...) that isnt investing...it is gambling.....and as you said...in this arena where there is little accountability and deception runs rampant in many forms, it is always best to KNOW this is the casino.......very little regulation, many forms of deception, rules that allow these companies to bankrupt or dilute the company to death, while the insiders and big boys are making a fortune....best to have the guilty until prove me innocent approach in this arena with so many 'forces' at play..... Look how many ceos are out there that have run numerous and I mean numerous companies into the ground, and the retail folk get screwed if they play it wrong and when the company goes under, each insider ends up building a new beach house with matching his and her ferraris out front, for every company they run into the ground..... A corrupt system...one that you can make very good gains in, but you MUST know the rules of the casino, which change daily, of course<g>....but the constant remains.....buy low, sell higher...and take everything with a grain of salt.....