Forum Archive Index - February 2000

["Brian Brakenridge" <brianbrak@xtra.co.nz>]

Ben: This forum seems to be growing at a fantastic rate. Congratulations and I'm looking forward to seeing your new products/services.

 

You talked about doing some surveying of the Sharechat community. I'd be interested to see just how deep that community goes and whether there might be a silent majority out there and if there is how many might be enticed into contributing if there were specific boards available, ie an IT board, a Fundamentals board, a board to help beginners evaluate long term buy and hold stocks etc. 

 

This comment is in no way being critical but at present contributions are heavily weighted towards higher risk topics and it's possible beginners feel uncomfortable "interrupting" the existing forum with seemingly basic questions and comments.

 

One of the great problems facing the NZ stock market is the fact that the general public are still afraid (1987) of this form of investment. I believe we should be looking longer term and trying hard to encourage and help more people feel comfortable with equity investment. We should be trying to get the message across that there are other way of investing in equities without having to chase Eric Watsons, AQLs, penny stocks etc. This idea may bore the c..p out of day traders but it brings me back to my comment; I wonder how many people out there would read and contribute to, for example, a "beginners board".

 

Cheers, Brian  

 

PS. Good to see someone else out there is an Islay whisky fan.

 

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