And the biggest loser of the board....drumroll please....tada.... it's FOOD4THOUGHT!
Losses at corx=zero totaling $414,387.
Most of which came from selling $7.99 cheeseburgers and $3.00 beers for 10 years, a difficult way to make a living mind you. Luckily for me, I live in Wisconsin where cheeseburgers chompers and beer drinkers are plentiful. But if anyone on this board has ever ran a restaurant, you will understand my angst and anger towards this investment. Most of which is directed at myself, for entering a misunderstood industry of investment and following the lead of intelligible narrow mined genius posters. Phrases such as "billion dollar market cap potential", "To the Moon", and "undeniable IP value with the very likelihood of near term advancement to the market', hooked me like the lights of Las Vegas.
Does this make me the biggest loser/moron on the board for trying to gambling my way onto an early retirement. The answer is clearly yes. I do blame myself, but clearly, over the years, there were hidden agendas streamed throughout this board. Freto's game would have yielded me a far better and more obvious exit opportunity than the introduction of a slam dunk RD trial. I balked on many opportunities to minimize the damage, and was solely focused on the words of our board experts. Can't see the forest as for the trees, seems to pretty accurately describe my wildly misguided Cortex investment.
For the record, I would have equally praised the board alum with my new subscription in hand, had any of the cortex promise came to fruition. My attitude towards this is no different than that of a stake in a Bernie Madoff investment. I should have analyzed the risk, but it all sounded too good to be true. Better get in quick while the poker is hot...I mean many pokers in the fire. And hell, a bunch of other really smart and rich people are doing it, so it must be a no brainer.
The biggest Homer SImpson Doh of my life = Cortex Pharmaceuticals.
Good Night and God Bless the Social Republic of America where you are free do as you are told. Now back to more mind numbing programming.