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Non-Tech : Individual Investor Group (INDI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lloyd bashaw who wrote (977)	2/13/1999 4:04:00 PM
From: robbie	Respond to of 1129

Keep rubbing that rabbit's foot lloyd, maybe you'll be able to cover before any of the coming announcements are made. Short sellers beware, announcements coming any time now that could take this stock to 20 in a matter of minutes.....

To: lloyd bashaw who wrote (977)	2/13/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Todd Pagel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1129

Lloyd.....a few thoughts for you. You are so right! Pump and Dump IS dangerous. Of course it can be argued that folks with a "short" position bashing a stock to create panic, doubt, etc. also enters the realm of the extremely annoying. I'm certain you realize this, as it has no doubt been said to you in the past, though probably not as civilly as you'll find here. ;-) To any who care, I guess I see your post in this light: Yahoo and INDI "old news" already? Not really. Maybe the "faithful" who have followed this stock a while take it for granted, but to the millions of investors and traders out there who have not ever seen the leaked "beta" site it certainly isn't. There was absolutely no increase in volume before Friday's runup, so people had no clue about this situation. Many people will not have seen the Bloomberg article, which is the only indicator I have found announcing the linkage, so Tuesday should bring good volume right back. Volume of 5 million vs. average volume of 238,000. Hmmm...that would be word of mouth I think. No news, so all that volume puts the stock firmly on the radar screens of many people, and they will be looking into INDI for the first time, seeing the Yahoo affiliation, and realizing that with no annoucement yet, there probably is still upside potential. "Those last poor sheep stumbling into a rehash news release" don't even exist yet because there has been no news (formally announced) to rehash. Yes, some people will be buying in at higher prices than others, but that is true of the whole market, isn't it? Red flags? Again, not really. History maybe, but not the future. You can base your trading decisions on it's history if you like, but perhaps the last few press releases would be a better place to look. Page viewership way up, and now with Yahoo directing even more eyeballs to their sites, it is certain to increase exponentially. More content, and now on all the major portals. The Yahoo affiliation will probably even bring an increase to sales of the INDI magazines, which are outstanding. "A website that few if any read"...if any? Obviously people see the site. I'm certain you'll scare many more people if you delete those kinds of mindless cliches in future posts and try to post in a less ridiculing and more informed style. Of course being a content provider for AOL, Alta Vista, Yahoo, etc. probably guarantees nobody will see the site, in your view.. I guess I am just wondering if, again from your strange point of view, you think that an internet giant like Yahoo, who depends on high quality content to keep its leadership position, would even CONSIDER for one moment, such a high profile affiliation for financial content - one of the most in-demand bodies of information on the net - without doing it's own DD and determining the status of INDI? Do you believe they haven't taken any of your historical factors into consideration? Do you believe they routinely contract with companies with no future? Do you think they that they entered into a "mutual advantage" contract, because they thought INDI was a poor source of financial information? I'll give you a hint. Yahoo is so impressed by INDI's potential that this contract and affiliation is costing INDI NOTHING! There is no money exchanging hands here (a fact I confirmed with the company itself.) Yahoo gets great content for free, and INDI gets an audience of millions for free. A win-win situation. I imagine a short position must be difficult to have this weekend. This company bashing sure would be a lot easier if the damned link weren't already there, wouldn't it? It's got to be hard to argue hypotheticals when the writing is on the wall for all to see. Yes, the daytraders will make a lot of money here, but there is an element of long term profitability and potential growth that should overshadow the short term volitility. Yahoo (and AOL and Alta vista) has made this agreement for the future, not to drive the price up short term. I realize, Lloyd, that you will feel compelled to respond to this post, but the fact that your previous posts are so vitriolic and emotional insures that I won't be reading anything additional from you. I urge others to do the same, but i'm certain that if you blow the weekend by posting enough, you will inspire doubt in some people's minds. Me? I think I'll enjoy the weekend and make some money on Tuesday and the years ahead. Enjoy your bashing, and best of luck in all things...