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Strategies & Market Trends : Stock Watcher's Thread / Pix of the Week (POW) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stock Watcher who wrote (5973)	4/9/1999 11:34:00 AM
From: Francois Goelo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 52051

Stock Watcher, I generally agree with your post. The disclaimer is not... so much for legal reasons, as for letting the reader and potential investor be aware of the slant of the opinion writer. A disclaimer is only needed when the given opinion may affect how the Company value will be perceived and should, IMO, be done by both long and shorts. I gather my suggestion is NOT garnering overwhelming support in the short seller's camp, so far. Here is another suggestion I put to them: "Mama Bear, you are not addressing the disclaimer idea at all, which was the thrust of the post. Generally speaking, I don't have problems with short sellers, since, if they didn't exist, one would be unable to profit from the up and downs of stocks. What I object to is the lying and misrepresentations of some shorts about Companies whose stock they want to drive into the ground no matter what the fundamentals. Instead of saying: " Company XXXX is a scam, a pos, it's stock is toast and will soon trade at zero", why not say: "Company xxxx is grossly overvalued" and explain why with rational, unbiased arguments. This approach would be far more constructive and believable by the average investor, while helping the reputation of short sellers. Adding that suggested disclaimer, in one form or another, which I feel is necessary anytime a poster is trying to influence the value of a stock would further enhance the appearance of fairness. Now, don't get me wrong: there are some Companies out there that have all the appearances of real scams and I have corresponded with Anthony about one of them in the past. Please, ask Anthony his opinion on what I have been suggesting in the last couple posts to you (after all, I am sure he is concerned about the image of short sellers) and reply by PM, should you wish to do so. Regards, F. Goelo + + +