http://www.moneybluebook.com/to-new-investors-stay-away-from-message-boards/ Personal Finance Beyond Credit Cards and Balance Transfers Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:13:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.moneybluebook.com/to-new-investors-stay-away-from-message-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Raymond Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:43:30 +0000 http://www.moneybluebook.com/to-new-investors-stay-away-from-discussion-boards/#comment-362 I invest in both index funds and individual stocks. Particularly with more risky, speculative stocks, you need to be extra careful about what you read on those boards. It's much easier for the posters to influence prices due to the smaller market cap and thinner volume. You are definitely safer with indexes! Due to the larger scale, it's harder for pumpers and dumpers to significantly influence index fund prices! I invest in both index funds and individual stocks. Particularly with more risky, speculative stocks, you need to be extra careful about what you read on those boards. It’s much easier for the posters to influence prices due to the smaller market cap and thinner volume. You are definitely safer with indexes! Due to the larger scale, it’s harder for pumpers and dumpers to significantly influence index fund prices!

]]> http://www.moneybluebook.com/to-new-investors-stay-away-from-message-boards/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Mrs. Micah Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:39:50 +0000 http://www.moneybluebook.com/to-new-investors-stay-away-from-discussion-boards/#comment-360 Ah, I've seen such posts elsewhere, but I guess message boards would be the perfect place for that kind of thing. I'm not really sure what value I'd get from a message board anyway, since I'm an indexing kind of girl. Ah, I’ve seen such posts elsewhere, but I guess message boards would be the perfect place for that kind of thing. I’m not really sure what value I’d get from a message board anyway, since I’m an indexing kind of girl.

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