Forum Archive Index - February 2000

["Damian Feuilherade" <Damian.Feuilherade@telecom.co.nz>]

Brian (and all)

I am one of the silent (potential) majority out there that just reads and does 
not contribute (as of yet). This does not come from a selfish perspective, but 
rather from the perspective that you have mentioned below.....I question my 
knowledge (at this stage) to make any valid/valuable contribution. I would be 
interested to know if the guys and girls, who seem to sound like they know 
what's going on, are for or against "silly" questions being thrown into this 
forum??

Cheers

Damian

>>> brianbrak@xtra.co.nz 02/06/00 09:55 >>>
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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