Go to Jeff Salisbury LWGate Home Page.From: "Katherine Malm" <kmalm@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] holdings
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:53:12 -0500
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_00B8_01C1E7A1.2A4684A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable " Most don't have time to analyze all the stocks they recommend." Ah, but that *is* the point, Ira. If you're going to post a list of = stocks, you should already have done the analysis. A brief explanation = of those conclusions adds value to the posted list. If you're uncertain = about the analysis and want additional points of view, others will = contribute and/or get some practice themselves. In some cases they may = even conclude it's a worthy candidate for purchase. There's nothing = wrong with posting a list. It's just that there's an entire paper full = of lists (IBD), a website with lists (Investors.com), newsletters with = lists, yahoo boards with lists, and on and on. Most people have lists = out the wazoo, but many may not know how to generate their own lists, = pare down a list, or to evaluate possible candidates for purchase. The = idea of CANSLIM is self-sufficiency for the individual investor. The = idea of a group devoted to CANSLIM is to build the skills necessary for = that self-sufficiency. Nothing wrong with lists, but you want power? Add some analysis, tell = how you generated the list, tell how you narrowed down the list, tell = how you sorted the remaining stocks and chose the top 10, tell what's = good/bad about the remaining picks. Now *that's* worth taking up space = in the inbox. In the meantime, not everybody will find value in every = post. Some will delete general discussions, other will delete anything = with a list. It's a personal choice and the reason why the group isn't = moderated for content. Katherine ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ira Post=20 To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] holdings I see your point Katherine, but I don't agree. Most don't have time = to analyze all the stocks they recommend. People who are interested = will analyze those stocks themselves and people who aren't can ignore = them. No harm done for those who aren't interested and possibly some = benefite to people who are. Ira - ------=_NextPart_000_00B8_01C1E7A1.2A4684A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>"<FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Most don't have time to analyze all = the stocks=20 they recommend."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ah, but that *is* the point, Ira. If you're going to post a list of = stocks,=20 you should already have done the analysis. A brief explanation of those=20 conclusions adds value to the posted list. If you're = uncertain about=20 the analysis and want additional points of view, others will contribute = and/or=20 get some practice themselves. In some cases they may even conclude = it's a=20 worthy candidate for purchase. There's nothing wrong with posting a = list.=20 It's just that there's an entire paper full of lists (IBD), a = website=20 with lists (Investors.com), newsletters with lists, yahoo boards with = lists, and=20 on and on. Most people have lists out the wazoo, but many may = not know=20 how to generate their own lists, pare down a list, or to evaluate = possible=20 candidates for purchase. The idea of CANSLIM is self-sufficiency for the = individual investor. The idea of a group devoted to CANSLIM is to build = the=20 skills necessary for that self-sufficiency.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Nothing wrong with lists, but you want power? Add some analysis, = tell how=20 you generated the list, tell how you narrowed down the list, tell how = you sorted=20 the remaining stocks and chose the top 10, tell what's good/bad about = the=20 remaining picks. Now *that's* worth taking up space in the inbox. In the = meantime, not everybody will find value in every post. Some will delete = general=20 discussions, other will delete anything with a list. It's a = personal choice=20 and the reason why the group isn't moderated for content.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Katherine</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dip108@yahoo.com href=3D"mailto:ip108@yahoo.com">Ira = Post</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>= </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 19, 2002 = 12:28=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] = holdings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I see your point Katherine, but I = don't=20 agree. Most don't have time to analyze all the stocks they=20 recommend. People who are interested will analyze those stocks=20 themselves and people who aren't can ignore them. No harm done = for those=20 who aren't interested and possibly some benefite to people who=20 are.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Ira</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_00B8_01C1E7A1.2A4684A0-- - - - -To subscribe/unsubscribe, email "majordomo@xmission.com" - -In the email body, write "subscribe canslim" or - -"unsubscribe canslim". Do not use quotes in your email.
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