To: Scottoo who wrote (15366 ) 6/24/1998 From: River Read Replies (3) | Respond to
I don't post often. I'm writing now because this is such an odd, unhappy time on the thread. I've been reading this thread for about two months, and have formed strong postive impressions of many of the posters. When I joined SI (just before the price increase), I privately thanked many people for their generosity in sharing their information and expertise.
For what it's worth, my husband and I bought in at 8 and have been buying more ever since, including today at 2.75. We bought initially and repeatedly because we think it is inconceivable that dgiv will not make us a lot of money in the future. We have benefited more than I can say from all the information on this thread, about dgiv, investing in general, bb stocks, mms--all sorts of things. Although I have not personally read any of the posts in which people blamed other people on the thread for misleading them (one of the benefits of not being able to keep up with all the messages; the other is I haven't been upset at all by naysayers because I don't read them), that it has happened absolutely infuriates me. Any adult must do her/his own thinking, make her own decisions, and live with the consequences.
And while I'm rattling on, I want to especially thank the clam, experienced investors who are firmly long on dgiv and yet take the time to post reassuring messages. Even though my husband and I are taking a long view, it's certainly upsetting to see the price plummet, and we do feel better after reading the reassurances of more experienced investors.
I also have to say that Rico's analysis of the stock performance really struck a chord with me. While my friend Becky objects when I use the word "greed" (because our intended use of our dgiv profit is for good causes), I think he is absolutely right that we are all either in or out ultimately because we are trying to make money, preferably big and easy. (That is my paraphrase, and I might be grossly misrepresenting him; if so, I apologize.) So we have to keep things, including the ups and (more important to us all now) downs of dgiv, in perspective.
This is longer and less clear than I would have liked. Through thick or thin, I appreciate being able to share the thoughts of people about dgiv, and I have found the dgiv-ers with whom I've communicated to be unfailingly kind, generous, and helpful.
I'm sure there are better days ahead and then this thread will be hopping again.
River
