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Re: Steelers_Fan post# 83931

Monday, 08/14/2006 3:39:24 PM

Monday, August 14, 2006 3:39:24 PM

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edited........by the way how many posters here even, had to in the past 9 months ask how to find a companies quarterly earnings report? I have ran across hundreds of new investors who whenever you quote financial numbers ask where they can get that info. And here they are already invested in the company.


LOL Steeler.........its unfortunate but true. Many new investors openly admit they buy off the recommendations on the message boards, and rely on those very same boards for their DD. Thats why when you see a stock promoted here other then NEOM, you will see many other investors run and jump into that same stock. How many here were running to buy PUPS when it was being pumped every day here? And if you do that on many boards a day, you will find many inexperienced investors who will follow the flock. And usually you will see the volume spike the day the stock symbol is making its way around the message boards.

With the advent of online brokers, you now have inexperienced investors in the market, without the aid of a broker, and many times they look to those on the message boards for guidance, which they see as appearing to be the most intelligent and knowing the most about a company. If I am not mistaken there are a few here who admitted they bought the stock because of the hype here, and those are just the ones that are taking the time to post and not just lurk, so it happens more then you or I am aware.