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lol....hold the fort, racktime for Arch...lol
yep, he's another sandbagger....lol
goodNITE....Short and Distort: The Less Publicized Sister of the Pump and Dump
The classic Pump and Dump is a well known scam used by promoters to try to make unsuspecting investors part with their money. What one does not hear that much about is the stock scam of making money off the fall of a stock price. Around the investment water cooler, this is sometimes referred to as the Short and Distort. The Short refers to short selling, that is, the selling of stock by an investor who does not own the stock that he or she is selling.
We have set out below, the various stages of the Short and Distort.
Phase 1: Research. The short and distort player will look for stocks that might be overvalued.
Phase 2: Short Sell. When there is a bit of activity on a stock due to news, the short seller comes into the market and sells short (sells stock that he doesn't own).
Phase 3: Rumour Mill. Unlike the scamster in the Pump and Dump, the scamster will now engage in a campaign to undermine the worth of the stock is shorted by spreading rumour. This can be done by negative posts to message boards, chat rooms, newsgroups, issuance of newsletters recommending the sale of the stock, etc. This plan of distortion is aimed on enticing investors to dump their stock with the prime objective of driving the price down. Instead of excitement, the distorter tries to stimulate fear.
Phase 4: The Cover. Now that the price is falling, the distorted must buy stock to cover his or her position. The distorter buys the stock at a discount thereby making his profit. In order to create a selling frenzy which the distorted must do in order to buy enough stock to cover his position and not drive the price up in the interim (thereby minimizing his profits) he will create the impression that there is a great deal of selling taking place. He will do this by having his friends and brokers cross stock to each other giving the impression of large volume.
Phase 5: The Loss. The buyer who initially bought the stock at elevated prices, sold at lower prices on the mistaken belief that the stock was worthless based on the distortion campaign.
I'm hoping you guys can work this out.....this is one of the best stock specific boards at iHub.....and I like the company's prospects as well:)
goodNITE....lol
blue, you speak well my friend, time to rock an roll...lol
wow, "shell" on demand....that didn't take long.....LOL
LOL:)
will we be "shell" free tonight.....lol.....lord have mercy, lets say our prayers
rotflmao
I had to pay to find out about it, shows how smart I am....lol.....you're welcome:)
is this the Dr himself...lol
they may be drawing closer......and btw, where has the shell gone....mostly covered by now I'd think....lol
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some of the dll files, if you figure all this out, are killers on the puter...lol
http://tomcoyote.com/hjt/
Dallas, glad you're back....I mean it:)
rotflmao....your best yet....lol...I luv it, only thing missing "are those TWINS"
Frank....you do crack me up.....hope you keep your sense of humor, even in the heat....lol
lol:)
I mean it.....you're most welcome here:)
lol:)
lol....we might get Kerry and Hillary....latest Washington rumor is Hillary for VP
http://www.drudgereport.com/kerryhrc.htm
http://www.drudgereport.com/
welcome to the Corner Chris....things pretty mellow in here, no aliens come here....lol
this "Kept Public Messages" at the bottom of all the posts is a real nifty tool for iHub....keeps getting better here!
could be pretty good read on what's happening.....was thinking along the same lines...also, I think the o/s is no more than 20 billion, and that's what has Cassie hacked off, because more than the float has traded on enough days to grab da man's eye (henced he hired the securities lawyer....very shrewd move....lol)
lol:)
Fung Foo, you da man for holding those shares, you sneaky fella.....we got several of them around here
....in my neck of the woods, it's called sandbagging....LOL
UCAD & CMKX now have the same transfer agent....that's interesting
http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/company_profile.jsp?symbol=UCAD
not only that Blue, but the gobbly gook their talking about, imo is simply to deflect posters away while they atempt to gobble the float.....for cheap.....they are not here for us, but rather for themselves, why is there talk of ECNs and inaccurate info/misconceptions on ex-div dates.....way to funny.....am I supposed to be impressed
rotflmao
they're fighting it tooth and nail though.....that post by man/in/fla had me laughing, does he really think deep pockets are concerned with .0002, when he's on .0003.....too funny and transparent...lol
stick that M.O. in, you'll get some fills, NITEY
lol:)
I'm hoping stockpatrol can do for CMKX what it did for AGRD....wrote articles there too....and the sp price is rising over a penny
....come on stockpatrol, get us to a penny....LOL
Janice, just a little education for you....
your quote: I don't know if that's a legal requirement, but he'd be an absolute fool to annouce a cash dividend and an ex-dividend date if he couldn't afford to pay out.
CEOs, or companies, don't announce ex-dividend dates, they do however, announce record dates and declaration dates.....there is no need to announce an ex-dividend date, it is always 2 days prior to the record date (mutual funds excluded)....this is a concept often confused with regard to corporate terminology
priming...lol...getting juiced....lol....let's roll
Frank, if you need to sell, just put the M.O in, I'm there for you buddy
rotflmao
yep, blue, agree, not an advocate of those that choose to hunker down on a board and manipulate the crowd so they can gain an advantage (of once lost or never had...lol)
....one positive, we gottem lookin....less said is better now, and I'm bidding for more on dips...lol
goodNITE....lol
Arch's best wag: all posters after me tonight are still buying, or shopping....goodNITE...lol
....yep, thought so, see above...lol
well janice, figure you rode in at .0001, quietly of course, and sold, and now want to work the crowd for a second go around....it's a shame you don't use your talents in a more honorable way....you could be persuasive, if we didn't know better...lol
oh good, time for another unbiased article from on high....and I'd be careful about your SEC references if I were you...you and Willy both have your problems....
oh, I almost forgot, goodNITE, NITE...lol
it's good to be deep Joe, but I'm deeper still, and still digging....won't let the mm's posters here get off that easy....I'm competing with their buys....lol.....
stockpatrol is buying too, that much I know...lol