>>I don't think companies were paying a 15 year old kid to tout their stocks
May I suggest you research a guy named Daniel Miller.
Yo, Lola, you wanna step in on this one?
>>He works for his own account.
Absolutely. I hope you work for your own account. Everybody comes to these boards with a motive. They want their stock to go up or go down. Or get the satisfaction of seeing a stock they called a 'buy' go up or the satisfaction of seeing a stock they called a 'sell' go down..
Your logic is flawed, in my eyes. Let's turn it around. If I talk about CSCO positively, that makes me a stock promoter. According to your logic, *everybody* is a stock promoter.
Oh, one other thing you might want to do a bit more research on. I made my calls in real-time. I even stated that, if I 'pick' a stock, I would not 'buy' until after the pick was made. And I would not 'sell' until after I said I am selling. Lola can attest to that. And the SEC can check my trading records against my posts. How many can say that?
I'm glad I understand your terminology now.
MB