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Gold/Mining/Energy : International Precious Metals (IPMCF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E. Charters who wrote (24243)	11/4/1997 1:32:00 AM
From: barb loucks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35569

Re: Your <"I wonder how much sincerity really lurks on this thread."> I wonder how much sincerity is posted on ANY thread. The lurkers are probably the only ones who are truly sincere. Whether the postings are pro or con, I question the motives of the person posting. On the pro side, it could be exuberance and the desire to see a company succeed when one is invested. Or it could be out-and-out promotion. That's fairly easy to understand and buyer beware, etc. The traders' threads are the most interesting as they are usually somewhat objective. It's the incessant negative postings that are harder to understand and trust. Why would someone care to alienate and stir up a thread when a few careful warnings would be sufficient. I think a true "white knight" would feel his/her duty to warn the credulous investor would be satisfied by following this route. So what other possibilities could there be? (1) Short the stock, and wish to cover cheaply; (2) Want to invest as a speculation, but wish to buy shares at a lower cost; (3)Attract attention, (positive or negative doesn't matter, as long as it pulls readers to the product/service one is offering, particularly if that service pays. In this case I think IPM is followed by many disbelievers, so one could attract quite a bit of attention; (4) Wish to learn more and hope to elicit more hard information with an aggressive stance; (5) Rampant cantakerousity and Curmudgeonry. (I know these aren't words, but I like them anyway). I have no idea which possibility we have here, but I'd sure like to know. I noticed on Behr Dolbear's home page that one of their directors lives in Phoenix, for what it's worth. Also they list no clients on their client page, yet. I like that Lyco is involved as well as BD. In this environment, the more the better. B.