School of Hard Knockshttps://investorshangout.com/School-of-Hard-Knocks-87285/en-usWed, 02 Sep 2026 04:13:42 GMTCopyright InvestorsHangout.comfinishsuper: When people say they are going long in the pinks, it usually means their short term play has failhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=592316https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=592316Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:11:05 GMTfinishsuper: There is a difference between "trading" and "investing".  Know the difference and plan your strathttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=592315https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=592315Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:10:27 GMTfinishsuper: :-O LOL.https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=586745https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=586745Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:30:06 GMT11072017: I take it Mr. Cramer didn't marry an Italian Princess. lolhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=586740https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=586740Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:27:49 GMTfinishsuper: It's always better to gamble with the house's money- Jim Cramer.https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=586737https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=586737Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:23:42 GMTfinishsuper: “Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.” John Waynehttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570865https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570865Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:46:44 GMTfinishsuper: When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. Sir Winston Churchillhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570864https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570864Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:45:07 GMTfinishsuper: It is the CEO's job to create value in the company and to effectively communicate that to both cuhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570863https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570863Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:42:55 GMTfinishsuper: I agree. I always wait for a complete bottom to form before I re-enter a falling play. And then Ihttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570862https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570862Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:41:03 GMTArbuckle: This is the one you have to be careful with. Yes, its great to take a profit anytime, even a tinyhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570354https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570354Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:04:24 GMTArbuckle: I like the last three quotes and agree that an overabundance of Kool Aid is NOT healthy! BUT, it https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570169https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=570169Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:47:56 GMTfinishsuper: If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. Anatole France https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=564440https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=564440Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:31:50 GMTfinishsuper: The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject. - https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=564437https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=564437Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:30:02 GMTfinishsuper: Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Markhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=564435https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=564435Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:29:28 GMTtodoky: Best advice I received this week: "Don't drink the Koolaid or you WILL go BROKE"https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=563212https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=563212Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:49:54 GMTtodoky: My inner voice has screamed this at me more than once.  Too bad I didn't EVER listen.  LOLhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=563206https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=563206Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:43:12 GMTfinishsuper: Grand slams are awesome, but base hits win ball games.https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=481752https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=481752Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:54:17 GMTfinishsuper: Here's a scary quote:   "What luck for rulers that men do not think."https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=155378https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=155378Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:06:48 GMTfinishsuper: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=154692https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=154692Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:32:04 GMTfinishsuper: Buy the fear, sell the greed. When everyone is rushing out, it's time to rush in. And vichttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=152395https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=152395Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:29:35 GMTfinishsuper: Everybody is in a play that they hope will make them a million dollars. Maybe a better idea wouldhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=111007https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=111007Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:08:03 GMTfinishsuper: A fool and his money are soon parted. On certain stock forums, everyone views you as a "fhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=102110https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=102110Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:09:56 GMTfinishsuper: Only invest in what you know. When what you "know" changes (management, company direction, produchttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=100430https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=100430Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:27:13 GMTfinishsuper: Learn to use a calculator and a spreadsheet. Track all of your buys and sells, otherwise you can https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=100428https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=100428Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:24:23 GMTfinishsuper: Emotional outbursts on the boards (good or bad) have more of an impact than most realize. Post wihttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=100424https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=100424Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:22:23 GMTfinishsuper: You haven't made a profit or experienced a loss, until you sell. Anything on paper, is just that https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99856https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99856Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:08:48 GMTfinishsuper: Pigs get slaughtered. Greed is your enemy. "Perfection" is the enemy of "good enough".https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99854https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99854Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:06:50 GMTfinishsuper: If peeps are so sure that a play is going to a penny, a nickel, a dime......... all the way to thhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99803https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99803Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:56:52 GMTfinishsuper: On the other hand, when you see a company or CEO who is actively attempting to make sure that hishttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99695https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99695Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:04:06 GMTfinishsuper: When you know that a company or it's representative is reading the boards, and allowing complete https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99693https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99693Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:02:48 GMTfinishsuper: Paint jobs can really screw up a chart, especially when there is low volume trading going on. DAMhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99691https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99691Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:59:11 GMTfinishsuper: Just because L2 looks thin, doesn't mean it is thin. MM's only need to show their lowest Ask and https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99689https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99689Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:57:53 GMTfinishsuper: A lot of what is coined as "MM manipulation", is in most reality, probably the one on the board, https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99681https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99681Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:55:05 GMTfinishsuper: Most stocks and their boards have a few key individuals who have done hardcore DD and been investhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99672https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99672Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:51:38 GMTfinishsuper: There are a handful of CEO's in pinkyland that are hard chargers, go getters, visionaries, that whttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99671https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99671Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:49:57 GMTfinishsuper: If you don't have time to do Due Diligence and to fully understand the company, either: Ahttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99665https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99665Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:47:04 GMTfinishsuper: At the end of the day, there is only one thing that matters: Is the company profitable? Phttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99664https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99664Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:45:42 GMTfinishsuper: Boards that are full of fluff (cheerleading and back slapping), but have little to no DD, are worhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99657https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99657Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:41:33 GMTfinishsuper: If the company and/or the IR firm will not return your email or phone calls- they don't deserve yhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99654https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99654Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:39:44 GMTfinishsuper: Never fall in love with a stock or a play. Your decision making process will be compromised. Tradhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99645https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99645Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:35:47 GMTfinishsuper: Chart reading is both extremely simple and aggravatingly difficult- learn both aspects. It's worthttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99621https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99621Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:26:50 GMTfinishsuper: There are 2 ways to tell a lie: 1. Blatantly state things that are untrue. 2. Withttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99618https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99618Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:25:08 GMTfinishsuper: When there is a huge gap between the Bid and the Ask, there is flipping going on. If investors wihttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99609https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99609Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:22:57 GMTfinishsuper: It's relatively easy: when the price goes down, there were more sellers than buyers. Whenhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99606https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99606Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:21:56 GMTfinishsuper: DO YOUR OWN DD!!! Nothing is more disrupting to a board or annoying to hard digging long time holhttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99604https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99604Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:20:19 GMTfinishsuper: Some posters are paid to cheerlead and/or bash. They get paid by how many replies they get. Don'thttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99598https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99598Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:17:54 GMTfinishsuper: Lots of news + huge volume + no price movement = dilution (most of the time).https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99592https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99592Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:15:04 GMTfinishsuper: It's OK to have negative posts- as long as they are factual and proveable. There is no such thinghttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99590https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99590Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:14:14 GMTfinishsuper: Know when to hold'em, when to fold'em and when to walk away- Kenny Rogershttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99588https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99588Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:12:55 GMTfinishsuper: Don't rely on someone else's communication with the company (IR or management). Ever heard of edihttps://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99586https://investorshangout.com/post/view?id=99586Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:11:30 GMT