RE: Increased Credit FacilityIt's ok to listen to certain negative posters as long as you are not deluded about their motivations. Namely, they want the share price to go down or at least not go up as quickly. They are not here to help you.
His criticism of the debt facility, btw, was a very weak criticism. They have not increased their debt. They have only increased their flexibility.
I think most of us here understand that they will only increase their debt if they have some strong production coming along behind. That's why a bank gives a billion dollar credit facility. Would you give a company that kind of access to money (especially in this credit environment) if you did not think they were good for it? Bigger companies need bigger lines of credit to expand.
My motivation is clear. Oilexco is currently my largest personal position so I want the share price to go up. I like to listen to people like J.S. because I know he is smarter, more knowledgeable, closer to the company, and has the resources to do a much more detailed and comprehensive analysis. Also, he got me into the stock at $4.00 while that other guy who lurks around here has been trying to get me out of the stock all the way up.
And another reason I think you need to be careful who you listen to; no one knows for sure, but I think that negative guy is actually paid for his posts, unlike the rest of us who are here just for fun or interest or moral support in a difficult market. The fact that he is paid, gives him the ability to overwhelm you with volume. For every positive post, he can come back with 10 negative ones and that is what he is paid to do. Down the road, when his services are no longer needed, he will simply disappear. But J.S. will still be around, in the public eye, trading on his hard earned reputation
I understand you want to hear negative as well a positive information on the company. But it's a pretty simple story and there hasn't been much negative, since the divers strike, in the past couple of years. The only consistent negative theme is that it always takes longer than expected in the North Sea to bring on production so you have to be patient. Of course there could be some big negative news event tomorrow. You never know. But so far, so good.