RE: What deal?18 Dec 2018 13:44
This was posted on the Hardy Oil BB in December 2011 - might amuse some:
Some history on bulletin boards.
Don't be a sucker and be very aware of the dangers of buying shares in a company, from a couple posters on here and ii (check out their history on their recommendations over the last three months).as you will find these posters come onto a b/b and slip in the mention of certain shares that they have already bought into, and give you all the spin, maybe even agreeing with some of your follow up replies, or even congratulating each other on a tip that made them a lot of money, and will take turns in recommending, or ramping each otherβs tips, or just maybe they may be the same person with different aliases. As long it is along the line of their short term goals(to get the sp higher) and then when the shares rise high enough, they jump ship, but will still post occasionally so as not to draw attention on this, while at the same time, they will be sitting back laughing at you, and moving onto their next victims. If youβre a day-trader, then following them could make you short term gains, but if you are after a medium term gain, then by not doing your own proper research and following these cretins, you will be greatly disappointed. So I will finish by repeating, that with o/t posts, etc, look at the tip/news, and ask yourselves has this information not already been factored into the price already, or has the information that is being passed on to try and drag you in, not been manipulated in some way, i.e.,(certain parts left out of the bigger picture.)Check their history, no less than three months back, to compare on their recommendations/tip, and compare this with the share price graph, and finally if you still think that maybe this could still be a good company to invest in, after doing your own research, then by all means invest, but I would not invest too much, but keep some finances back when the share price retraces, which usually happens when these posters are long gone and banked their easy profits and moved on to the next suckers.