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Re: WARNING: Can You Manipulate The Stock Market?

#5535
From: ~AJ~
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 06:33
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A very well written piece of spam.
In fact it almost looks like it isn't spam.
Especially that bit about "After reading some postings on this forum".

Initially it sounds like you're going to participate in or even precipitate
discussion like the regulars do here, but then, after reading your singular
posting in this forum, it quickly became apparent that "forum" is the wrong
adjective for your posting. It's like saying "feature wall" when you
actually mean "billboard".

When your posting is for the purposes of advertorializing, then you aren't
showing respect in my opinion and therefor don't deserve my business. On the
other hand, if you had participated in the discussions and questions here
and simply tagged your signature with your web-site url, then I probably
would have made a point to check out your magazine. Please re-read your CRM
manual. Thank you.

"Fool in the Unmaking" <foolvd@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:de160b27.0206031814.6d6cfe2b@posting.google.com...
| Dear Investor,
|
| After reading some postings on this forum, I believe there are many
| mislead investors here. I say so because those were some of the exact
| questions I asked before also.
|
| Unfortunately, some people did answer my question. But incorrectly.
|
| I took the answers and tried to come up with my own theory. Afterall,
| I was suppose to be smart. I have B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical
| Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and UCLA.
|
| Finally, I came to the conclusion that I needed to move stock prices
| according to my will to make profit consistently. Pretty good thought,
| huh.
|
| Well, pump-and-dump is not going to work since it is illegal. So after
| some thought, I realized that I can manipulate penny stocks because of
| its pricing increments and low trading volume.
|
| So here's how it worked:
| 1. Buy a huge lot at base price
| 2. Then bid up the price by buying in small lots
| 3. People will believe that this is the stock-play-of-the-day (penny
| stock players look for unusual percentage gain each day to decide
| which stock to play)
| 4. When people come in to trade this stock, I will sell my huge lot in
| step 1.
|
| Boy, ain't I a genius?
|
| Well, here's what really happened. People took notice. People talked
| on Yahoo! Message board saying this stock is alive again! Got me
| excited for sure. But there was no buyers, only people selling. What
| in the world is happening!
|
| ...........
|
| ........
|
| ....
|
| I almost wiped out my whole portfolio in one day...
|
| After the emotions cool down and my mind started to clear, I realized
| these sellers were people who are holding on to a paper loss waiting
| on the chance for this stock to rebound. And I helped them recover
| their losses!!!
|
| I was heart-broken and financially-broke.
|
| But did I swear off investing like many people if they were in my
| place?  Well, uh no..
|
| Instead I swore that I am going to do things right. And I need help
| since I now believe I am a fool.
|
| So I started to search for an answer. And you probably would have
| guess by now. I came across the financial newsletter industry. But oh
| my, they are expensive. Being financially broken, I have no way to
| subscribe to these "supposedly incredible service."
|
| I thought about solutions. Well, solving things are what us engineers
| are all about. Sometimes the solution are so good that it wipes all
| your savings...
|
| Finally, I tracked down this financial newsletter firm who that's
| moderately priced and kind of within driving distance. After some long
| discussion about information disclosure agreements, they agreed to let
| me work for them.
|
| And I started doing data entry. What did you expect?
|
| But oh boy, I get to read their subscription for free! I get to dig
| the minds of these guru! And I get to read other financial newsletters
| for free also! Since we need to know about our industry, we subscribe
| to many newsletter to keep us informed.
|
| Gosh, let me tell you, most of the other newsletter writers are
| incredible writers but they SUCK at stock selection. This makes me
| feel lucky that somehow I landed on the right company.
|
| I've been here for a while now and understand our company's system
| now. I think...
| Our analyst goes through our pre-screened stocks (Did I tell you I am
| promoted to a "researcher" now? I keep track of news and rumors.) and
| decide whether it is valid as truly undervalued stock. He is very
| tough, but he is almost always right.
|
| Even when he's wrong, our subscribers are covered by the 15% stop loss
| requirement. This means when a stock falls 15% from a recent high, we
| will sell. This is one of most important lesson I've ever learned.
| They told me that this is used by most of the advanced investors.
| Having an exit-strategy is the most important step in investing.
|
| ---------------------
|
| Okay, I have told you about my story. Now I must tell you that you can
| read about a stock that has "6000 cash-generating operations in over
| 90 countries!" on our website.
| This is because we have just recently increased the number of
| subscribers to 500 and are sending out invitations. And I have been
| asked to spread the word to my peers.  Since I used to dwell on
| message boards before, I figure you and I are close in a way. So I
| decided to send out invitations through these boards. If you like
| learn more about how to invest and grow rich, then follow this link to
| our website.
|
| http://www.value-discovery.com/google.html
|
| Sincerely,
|
| Fool in the Unmaking
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Subject: Re: WARNING: Can You Manipulate The Stock Market?
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:33:24 +1000
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