No, I don't think I will. I like shoving the old 50-volt cattle prod into namecallers - the resulting sweet music is just too good to miss.
Because I don't enjoy wasting my time in conversations with vacuous windbags
What does that have to do with the topic of this thread? I'm not having a lot of fun conversing with you either, but I feel that its my duty to show vacuous windbags just how wrong they are.
It happens ALL the time.
People vote for Democrats all the time. People smoke cigarettes all the time. People drive half in the bag all the time. Doesn't make it smart, desirable, or right.
People act on tips on a regular basis.
Sometimes they do. But as I said, the smart ones use tips only as one small part of their analytical process, when there is also valid evidence to back up their assumptions. And to somehow smear the mere discussion of a controversial topic into the encouragement of lawbreaking is ludicrousness on your part.
Sometimes analysts get tips that make them start crunching numbers on a particular company. IF the numbers look good
Thank you for proving my point for me.
A case in point, is Martha Stewart- acting on a tip, dumping stock... Of course, the only difference between her and others is that the tip was from an insider, not outsider who put two and two together... No real difference.
So you've already tried and convicted Stewart of insider trading. (And no, that was not a question). Not only do you seem to have a problem with the concept of free speech, the idea that people are innocent until proven guilty seems to stick equally in your craw. Instructive.
This statement is SO poorly written, that you are effectively incoherent.
Translation: "I have no answer for what you said, so ... YOU'RE A DOODYHEAD!" Well done - this might not take as long as I thought it would.
In other words, you wrote a typical newbie rant...
(yawn)
Hence, I was kind to you, last time... You'll not get the same consideration again. Now, get lost. I have little tolerance of fools.
Many people don't like their own company. I hope you have a dog.
If the shoe fits, eat it.
I'm not having a lot of fun conversing with you...
Fools rarely do- I tend to stomp on 'em...
My original statement was "What happens if a rumor surfaces of a merger between two large companies...? Say, between GTE and Bell-Atlantic (BA bought GTE)??? People clamor to buy the stocks, because the value of the stock is suddenly worth more."
You fail to understand the reasons of this, because you believe that if a person is not a financial analyst (which, btw, I happen to be), they're not "smart." And, as uneducated as you clearly are, you also fail to understand that macroeconomic analysis is based upon the actions of people who are not educated in macroeconomics... More, you clearly fail to understand why such rumors or tips (or SEC filings to buy large stock holdings of a company) would cause the value of the stock to increase... A small hint: smart analysts will react on such tips, if they want to be successful... But you don't want to believe such realities.
What I MOST enjoy, however, is that after 4-5 posts you finally admit what I've said all along:
the smart ones use tips only as one small part of their analytical process...
In other words, you admit that tips DO influence the behavior of people. Whether that person is considered "smart" by someone as demonstrably ignorant as yourself, is irrelevant. And as any savvy, successful businessman will tell you, success involves a lot of networking and tips- from all kinds of sources...
The bottom line is simple: While it was like pulling teeth for a while, you've finally demonstrated- with your own words- the flaws in your "logic." Clearly, there is no logic in your statements...
In the battle of intellects... You are unarmed, and therefore unworthy of further consideration.
But thanks- it's was fun blasting you out of the water. ;^)