
Originally Posted by
sl62
Brandon...
Here is something you must understand. You walk a very thin line...your last line in your post says it all:
>>I never claim to be great at fundamental analysis. I'm not an accountant, but I do my best.<<
Look, this line is very disturbing if you are going to be kicking out actual articles that hit the wires. So given your own self-analysis, you are not exactly credible. When you are in a position of influencing the masses, it cna NEVER be good enough to "not be great at something but do your best." It is beholden upon you to be ACCURATE or nothing at all. Does that sink in??? If you admit to not not doing great fundamental analysis, you have no business EVER doing it in an article. On a blog with a IMHO tag, no sweat. I mean, Brandon, I was just over at your SA version of your article and some poor guy wrote that he lost sleep and was worried sick because of your article. Does this resonate with you??? You may not have much pull with MM's and experienced traders but the general investing public is all over you man. Given innacurate info that you author, you could cause some real harm to either someone's finances OR their own well-being. This is not a joke. What you should have done Thursday, was double check with us in this forum and gathered more opinions before you pulled your trigger on that erroneous article. Further, if you are going to generalize and write based on your opinion, you should disclaim all your articles with "this is my opinion only." Just saying Long Siri, means nothing to anybody. Brandon, you have to remember. Not everyone out there is like some of us here. We know (and continue to learn) how to decipher the junk. We are out in the community boards ripping authors for their bs articles. Most don't understand the game Brandon. They read what you wrote Thursday and could go jump off a ledge because of it if they were invested in SIRI to the teeth. You've got to realize your responsibility here. And as said, there is one perfectly easy way for you to still pump out your articles and remain humble (and responsible). It is by adding at the bottom (similar to what CNBC does with Clown Cramer): THESE ARE SOLELY MY OPINIONS AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE ACCURATE. ANYONE READING MY OPINIONS SHOULD ALWAYS DUE THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THEM.
Then you would be free to pontificate, extrapolate and whatever else ate, away... IMHO...