China Growth Stocks

[Brennus]

All conference calls are rigged. Most don't know that the folks hosting the call for any conference call both select which lines get through during the Q&A AND select the order the questions are taken.

That's why sometimes at the end of a call the operator will announce there are no more questions...then the IR rep will break in and say, 'Uh...let's poll for questions one more time...' while he/she pushes the button. Then, lo & behold! There's another question!

Everybody has a different philosophy but many execs/IR firms will advise not to take any questions from folks you aren't familiar with. That's not a problem for most small cap China Stox because they're happy to get questions from anybody.

One thing I find helps is to come up with some questions a day or so before the call & send them off to the IR rep. That let's everybody know who you are, that you're not a crackpot (or that you are!), and what you might like to ask. It makes answers crisp & everybody sounds on the ball. If the company wants to fill up the Q&A so it looks like there is interest in the stock they'll take your question. Then, if you want to slide in the hardball question at the end, that's up to you.

This has been one man's opinion...