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To: Blacksmith who wrote (5659)1/22/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: Joe Pirate  Respond to of 122087
 
If you want to make alot of money, I will post
the stock I buy, then your job is too short
them, hee hee!! Isn't that how it works ? When
you go long... the dam stock drops, hee!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pirate



To: Blacksmith who wrote (5659)1/22/1999 8:39:00 PM
From: tom pope  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 122087
 
>>Perhaps a good way to screen for BS stocks would be to find
people who expect a higher price for their stock by comparing
the current stock price relative to AMZN...<<


A related way is to look for the true believers. The sort of thread where a poster reacts to the news that the plague virus has been found in the company's product with the assertion that the "stock will end in the plus column today and I am adding to my position. This is a buying opportunity!!!". Or this one, just posted on the WDC thread:

Message 7431656

There is a direct correlation between poster enthusiasm and lousy prospects for a stock. Except of course any I'm long in.