No/Low content posts in stock threads

nulla nulla said:

You may be surprised at the number of members that read the posts and go away and think about it. If you feel that you are talking to your self, monitor the number of "views" your thread receives. Remember, the majority is often silent.

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Joe Blow said:

I, for one, applaud and appreciate your efforts in profiling so many small and micro cap stocks and bringing them to the attention of ASF members and visitors.

I am sure that many others do too, and I hope that some of them will express their their appreciation by asking questions or otherwise contributing to the discussion in some of the threads that you are posting in.

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Agreed.

I sometime feel the same way when I (and a couple of others) post stuff on options, but I'm sure some folks take it in and think about it, even if they don't say anything.

Joe Blow said:

I, for one, applaud and appreciate your efforts in profiling so many small and micro cap stocks and bringing them to the attention of ASF members and visitors.

I am sure that many others do too, and I hope that some of them will express their their appreciation by asking questions or otherwise contributing to the discussion in some of the threads that you are posting in.

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Thank you for the kind words, I do appreciate them. It is about the exchanges of ideas, not the plaudits, the reasoning that I post.

Maybe this is just the wrong market for this kind of activity at the moment, but doesn't hurt to keep across a few of the micro caps for more productive times. Whenever that may be....

There are more SFRs and SIRs out there, all a matter of diligence and being prepared.

springhill said:

Thank you for the kind words, I do appreciate them. It is about the exchanges of ideas, not the plaudits, the reasoning that I post.

Maybe this is just the wrong market for this kind of activity at the moment, but doesn't hurt to keep across a few of the micro caps for more productive times. Whenever that may be....

There are more SFRs and SIRs out there, all a matter of diligence and being prepared.

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Actually, you will be surprised at how many people such as myself will read comments in threads for companies I have never heard of before and then go and look up the company data. Its always interesting and useful to be exposed to a broad range of companies. I'm not personally interested in speculative explorers at this stage of my investing learning curve but I find the info of interest. I own stocks that no-one else here seems to follow enough to comment on when I leave comments in the relevant threads too. Maybe that says more about my stock picking skills.

Springhill, sorry not to be supportive of your stock comments. My experience with speculative stocks was brief and decidedly unsuccessful.

Many people have lost money during the GFC and are still a long way from recovering to their previous levels. So they're going to be pretty conservative in investments and if buying anything will probably tend toward the 'safe' companies with good yield and franking.

Good luck.

springhill said:

.............It is about the exchanges of ideas,....................

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I find your posts interesting but unfortunately, I can not make intelligent comments because your coverage is generally at the wrong end of the market for me and I have no knowledge or interest in those particular companies.

I must say that I am surprised that there is not more comment as my perception is that there are numerous members here whose interest is in the lower end of the market.

Cheers
Country Lad

Country Lad said:

I find your posts interesting but unfortunately, I can not make intelligent comments because your coverage is generally at the wrong end of the market for me and I have no knowledge or interest in those particular companies.

I must say that I am surprised that there is not more comment as my perception is that there are numerous members here whose interest is in the lower end of the market.

Cheers
Country Lad

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Just curious!
Which companies hold your interest?

burglar said:

Just curious!
Which companies hold your interest?

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Keep in mind that we are permanently travelling both in Oz and overseas and I do not need to trade – it is now more a hobby which pays for the overseas trips, and anyway, the simplified system has made it easier to find prospects so I am not prepared to spend as much time researching as I did previously.

It is probably easier to say which don’t turn me on, such as pretty well anything under 10 cents, particularly if it is an explorer - they are more like a lottery and too much research is needed looking for the one which may or may not take off.

I look more for companies with a bit of substance because firstly the likely good performers are easier to identify than the spekkies, secondly because my system works far better for these candidates than the spekkies and thirdly, it less likely for the price to collapse suddenly when we are out of range in remote parts of Aus or overseas.

Many of the candidates came to light over the last 12 to 18 months and in particular I looked for recovery stocks. I tightened stops when my canary (home grown index) got sick on 21 Feb and unfortunately died 14 March. As I said recently, until I get a signal the market is going to behave, I am going fishing - this afternoon and tomorrow again, in fact.

Examples of the type of stock which I looked for and have held for a while (and a few of which I still hold) are CDA, AGI, MXI, BRG, GEM, GXL, RWH, FSA, IFM, SIV. There are also others held for a short period only and I posted some of those as well. No particular industry just ones with a high probability of appreciating.

I hope that answers the question, Burglar.

Cheers
Country Lad

Country Lad said:

... Examples of the type of stock which I looked for and have held for a while (and a few of which I still hold) are CDA, AGI, MXI, BRG, GEM, GXL, RWH, FSA, IFM, SIV. ...

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I recognised Codan, Breville Group ... some big bumps these last few days!

Cheers,
burglar

Hi joe.

An emerging trend is political trash talking in stocks threads.

If policy directly related to an industry or stocks is discussed, fine.

But there are plenty of political threads to have your whinge, on both sides.

chops_a_must said:

Hi joe.

An emerging trend is political trash talking in stocks threads.

If policy directly related to an industry or stocks is discussed, fine.

But there are plenty of political threads to have your whinge, on both sides.

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It's an election year!

chops_a_must said:

An emerging trend is political trash talking in stocks threads.

If policy directly related to an industry or stocks is discussed, fine.

But there are plenty of political threads to have your whinge, on both sides.

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I agree that politics should be confined to political threads unless there is a direct relationship between policy and industry that affects the company under discussion.

Any post in a stock thread that contains off topic political trash talking should be reported, and appropriate action will be taken by myself or one of ASFs moderators.