To: blake roberts who wrote (6418 ) 4/4/1999 5:29:00 PM From: Matt Brown Respond to of 9115
I know I am walking on dangerous territory here, But I don't care! Recently ole Danny Boy has caught a lot of crap. That is how the market works. It has no sympathy for anybody and you will always get burned and left behind. The media will use you, abuse you, then leave you out in the dust. We all know he has caught a lot of crap. It could be well-deserved, but I don't know. I don't play his picks or follow him much. I just pop in every now and then to see what's happening. I am getting sick and tired of all this crap that has been going around SI. It is like, "Step Right Up! All you great Stock Gurus! Come kick the kid for trying!" Most of you out there don't have the guts to try. At least he stood up and went after his goal. I do not necessariy condone everything he does, but I don't care who you are. You learn from your mistakes. Everyone fails and tries to get back up if he is a true leader. Dan is trying to get back up, but every time he TRIES, many come on here bashing his picks. If you have noticed, ole Danny boy, since he and I had a talk, has not been picking a million stocks a week. He seems to be focused on one to three stocks. That is good IMO. It gets him back to what made him the WHIZ KID. Dan, truthfully, calling yourself WHIZ KID brings attention along with responsibility. You should know by now, as I have learned to that "most" adults are lazy. They don't wanna do their own reserach. If they see some kid that has over 700 people bookmarking his name and following him, which creats massive momentum, they are going to jump on board. Why not? Suddenly, you trip up, and the people that once loved you, now hate you. Rough world, huh. But for you guys, who constantly bash Danny and his picks, ease up man! Let him try. Let him try to prove himself again. Back off and read his posts, think about them. Take bashing up in PM. This does not help someones reputation get any stronger. The kid was hot, now he's not. Let him try to get hot again. Apparently, what some of you did, was get really lazy and just buy whatever he mentioned. Always do your own reserach. Whenever you see something like "get in now, i'll explain later" That SHOULD trigger something in the back of your mind. Do some DD. He is in school. He is still learning just like all of his. Nobody can control the market, and he doesn't claim too. Here is what you should do, IMO. Ask him to post links, provide more detailed research, and always stick to a a max of 3 stocks at a time. I am not the greatest investor in the world, but I have learned a few things over the years. Again, I do not condone anything going on here. I just get tired of seeing everybody Pick somebody out to bash and just rip them apart. It looks like a pack of wild dogs on here. OWWW!! I am just trying to make for an overall better, honest, investing community, which is what Silicon Investor was based upon. Never lose sight of Who put us on this Earth, God. We all have a purpose and special abilities. Don't abuse them, use them honestly and failry, FM P.S. Danny, it takes a heck of a man to take the beating you have taken and get back up for trying again. I don't care for you picks and I would never bash them (not my style), but I would highly advise trying to build up that respect. The character is there for a true leader, you just need to treat your team with respect. I have learned that if you treat them well and you are always honest and up front with them, never hiding anything back, they will always respect you in the end, even if you do make a bad pick. Look at these Analysts, they make bad picks all the time! Get back to the research bud!