Thank you, Janice, for the compliments. I tried to approach this purely analytically and keep the emotion out. Once I make a buy, I assume my money is gone to a scam. It helps taking out the emotion and just watching the patterns.
To the individual who pm'd me: I WAS a paid member of IHUB, but realized the only benefit is pm's and that one perk did not justify the cost of this site. Good site for reading the emotion (which CAN help in a decision) but lousy place for actual DD. The pumpers are using information about the last big run (in 1956) as justification for the next bid run, while bashers are using the last negative information (normally from 1956 also) as reasons for bashing. VERY little current useful information to be gleaned outside of this particular board, and I have noticed that it is mostly nay sayers (not necessarily bashers, but nay sayers). I understand watching the scam clan for latest tricks and traps, but some boards and posters are strictly "NEVER BUY STOCKS" type of message. Not sure why those people are on a stock site, but it is a free site.
ToG