Oh please...lol...the sites that put it on their sites simply didn't include the introduction that we have up on www.valueblogger.com.
As for the "Analyst" title, anyone can call themselves an analyst. The only stuff that we cute and paste was the biographies of the executives which we took from Uwink's website. If you read the original PDF version, it is very clear that we quoting. On the version that we cut and paste onto the site, it may not be as clear. I don't think it's important. The part about the valuation being good and our suggesting it as a speculative buy is in EVERY "edition of the report." When other websites picked up (presumably because they thought it was well-done), they didn't always use the introduction where it talked about this being our first report and the recent-ruup. Copying the biographies of executives from the company's website for a report on that company is not unethical at all. Everything else, with the exception of a quote from an analyst (clearly quoted), is original. Your comment that "most owners and their companies, investors and the SEC do not like folks who maybe misrepresenting themselves when it comes down to personal gain" is just sort of silly and not really worth responding too. We have clearly disclosed our positions in the stock (That I have one and Kevin doesn't), and pumping the stock is not a goal of the report. We are young people who are interested in investing and have done quite well, and we write because we enjoy and make interesting connections. I now have the phone numbers of several very smart hedge fund managers who m I learn a lot from because of my writing.
As far as my accusing people of pumping, I think I may have not made it clear. I am certainly don't think that anyone here is attempting to pump and dump this stock. That's why it puzzles me that there is much talk about trying to pump up the stock price. Our disagreement is purely philisopical. I, like Warren Buffett, beleive that mgmt and investors should focus on the business and the stock price will follow. Others believe that management and investors should focus on increasing the stock price. If everyone focuses on the business, the stock will do well as a biproduct of that. That is my opinion. It's why I don't worry about the stock price. People are certainly free to disagree with that, and I welcome intelligent debate.
Anyway, I really do apologize if I have offended anyone here. I really do not normally have problems with people like this, and I'm a bit puzzled by this. But I can understand that if you thought i was accusing you of trying to pump and dump a stock you would be upset. Reading over my previous posts, I can understand that you would have gotten that impression. That certainly was not my intent. I was just saying that as long-term shareholders, we shouldn't worry about short-term swings in the stock price.
Anyway, we are all long UWNK, so we probably all have bright futures. Let's all be friends! :) Zac
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