RE: RE: lavender
ASC.....you mention that both Cleland and Kafavian have personal or family money at risk in the AMA play....and have thus put their money where their mouth is.
I certainly wouldn't deny that....but ''So What''........does it not occur to you that great numbers of financial analysts and institutional investment advisers have some personal or family money on the line.
Do you somehow determine that that makes it a superior or ironclad speculation....that by risking their own money it becomes a sure thing? If you believe that...more power to you. Watch all the dudes that appear on BNN on a regular basis with their predictions.......do you really think that they're infallible because they acknowledge they have a little family money on the line....have you been keeping track of their profound records over the years?
I'm sure Meggitt and AMA will tell you why they got in bed together....no doubt they both thought they could gain some advantage from it. Obvious question is....how's it working for ya' so far?
That deal was signed in January 2007....have you seen any evidence of any sales attributable to that relationship? Hayden was the man who steered it through Meggitt....rather ironic that he, not long afterward, ''left'' Meggitt to join AMA. He spent a long career building an impressive dossier, became a VP at a world class company and 'left' it all to join AMA. Generally ( not always ) executives at that level seek to be 'upwardly' mobile.....I'm not convinced that move was in that league.
For ages many of you lads extolled the virtues of AMA management. As they progressively quit or were shown the exit none of you were distressed ...you determined that all the moves were definitely in the best long term interests of AMA....great loyalty to all those good managers eh!! Could it possibly be, by the same token, that Hayden's departure from Meggitt was good for Meggitt...it's possible isn't it.....none of you know the circumstances of his departure. Maybe they weren't totally enamored with the deal he orchestrated with AMA.
We can postulate anything and debate indefinitely...bottom line is that I'm interested in making money in the long run....not winning a war of words. I think some of you are so determined to be proven correct that you've become emotional about your stance....you've lost some of your objectivity....and forgotten that you're not here to win an argument....I thought you too were here to make money. I'm offering an opinion...it's irrelevant to me whether it makes an impression on you or not. History, at this point, will record that there are numerous of you on this board who have presumably put your own money where your mouth is and lost varying sums of money. I likewise put my money where my mouth is ( or was ) and have made money. You can call it blind luck or whatever you choose....I like my outcome better than yours. I simply think I'm more objective and critical than some of you who've chosen to become devout believers.
I've always acknowledged that there may well be another play on the stock...who knows when...I would doubt that it's imminent. And the real p$ss off is that I still have the profit from the original sale to double down...if it perchance goes from a quarter to 50 cents and I make a timely speculation...I make a profit again....and many of you still won't have your original investment back.
It's all about making a buck my friends...and, barring some cataclysmic announcement on China...I'd seriously doubt that you're going to have the opportunity to make any serious cash here for some considerable time....you'd best become very familiar with the word 'patience'...if you're not already.