last post on hc ever ???, page-9

re: debono thinks-last post on hc ever ??? Hmmm ... IMHO whenever the Market tops out or develops into a malaise as we are experiencing now we are going to find members holding back with their comments.

We all like to contribute at times that we feel comfy with ... whether we like it or not there is a degree of hubris concerning stock calls. (or calls of any type for that matter...)

Corporations have cleaned up their Balance Sheets following the worldwide dodgy Auditor scandals but calling stocks according to fundamentals is extremely brave given Market sentiment.

I tried in 2003 to put technical analysis back on the agenda as a valid way once again to follow as many were calling stocks ignoring T/A or at least forgetting about it altogether ... exception here is Acouch.

I suppose I question also as to why we are losing members ... sitting duck is the latest victim I think here ... whether it is the state of the Market (or individual profitability ... hence viability of individual members) or what is posted here on HC.

I suspect it is more the Market ... when members are profitable and the Market is moving, we tend to have plenty of comment ... when the Market is quiet, we see more posts in the General section.

I too remember when posters would be castigated for the 'snappy one-liner' ... this was considered a 'no-brainer' and more was expected of HC members but times have changed. I too find it frustrating to click and wait on a reply only to find it meaningless.

And also, from time to time we see ego emerge as intemperate aggression towards other members simply because they might disagree with a particular call or other ... those aspiring to be alpha-dog of the pack could end up finding it a lonely experience.

We should all remember that we have a particularly nasty world situation right now ... terrorism/iraq/oil all affecting Market sentiment ... also an almost hopeless US budget/trade numbers which the Bush camp seem to be ignoring and the likelihood of another four years in the White House .... aaagghhh !!!

The World (including Oz) is in the hands of Neo-Cons and our present state of the western world is suffering from this extremist right-wing agenda which is just as bad as any other ... but we condone it because in Oz at least there is sound economic policy (unlike the warmongering US...)

Everyone the world over says the US must urgently put it's economic house in order but no one seems to have the guts to put it on the public agenda ... US media has to stop being so 'nice' to it's elected representatives.

As a derivatives trader, I am interested mainly in the movments of near term "blue's" which will tend to flavour my views of the Market and it is good to see we have a representation of members in this category.

From what I can tell ... HC has been purchased(?) by NineMsn who I think had planned to incorporate HC into their webspace and it failed ... they probably have no intereste in HC accordingly which is why we are experiencing such a poor service. This to my mind probably will not change.

In the meantime, as has been said many times before ... HC is what we make of it and if we can all make a little extra effort to post something of substance in whatever category then we all benefit.

Cheers ... tight stops.


This is only my view ... read the red stuff.