The "Appearance" Agenda

I guess that is why 'buying and holding' investing with a fundamental outlook and a rudimentary check every so often is the "easy" game i.e. reasonable income contra capital and who cares?.

Most people who try 'trading' burn and die, mainly I think because they fail to understand the psychological movements of the market. That embraces changing pshychology - I hear other people describe themselves as intrinsically bears, only it seems to me, because they haven't got past the last bubble burst. I describe myself as the opposite for reasons nothing to do with the market.

We all see people on these boards claiming to make loads - I try not to make claims because they are unprovable in this kind of environment. What you see is as I am and to bullshit would be unhelpful to me.

BTW to the three names I gave the other day as having been most helpful to me since becoming an ADVFN subscriber 18 months ago I would add Madgooner, Alphorn & broadwood.