I think your statements about caution when accepting views posted on chat sites are fair enough and constitute good advice . This bit from a post from you the other day rang pretty true to me.
"That's not to say that if they work out they won't deliver great gains. My point is, investors need to go into these situations with their eyes open that the possibility of a (hopefully quantifiable) great gain is married to the possibility of a complete wipe out. It's the nature of the beast. Investors need to mitigate this risk , I would suggest, by restricting their bet to a tolerable portion of their portfolio.
That's why it is so dangerous to be too receptive to the mountain of information that flows from the most enthusiastic supporters, even if (perhaps especially if) the premise is convincing. The problem is that some tags on HC have an overabundance of these sorts of contributors - which can lead to an unbalanced view, which can be dangerous.
But I agree it may all work out. I have no idea. I wish you the best and that you can one day say "I told you so"." END QUOTE
I think one would be naïve to think there aren't posters out there that would try to talk a stock up while they were selling and try to talk one down in order to buy themselves.
Call me naïve but I also think the vast majority of regular SLX posters here have a genuine interest in SLX as a Company with an extremely high quality tech compared to other companies looking to commercialise.
As such I think that some of us ,probably myself included, tend to spend more time searching stuff that is evidence of potential success and not give equal time to research why SLX may fail ,so what you read here may be innocently lopsided . If that is the point you were making I think it is very valid and I don't think any one needs take offence.
Stuff absolutely may arise that will sink silex (such as another Fukashima in the near future or Government policy) and it doesn't hurt to post it .
So long as the posters sentiment is what they are planning on doing themselves it's all fine.
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43.5¢ Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held
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