Bored today alsoA benchmark of penny stocks is the pump and dump,when an issuing company hires a stock promotion firm to publicize the company's qualities and potential,payment is often made in the way of shares of the company's stock. The stock promoter emails investors claiming the stock is about to rise in price ,posts positive comments about the stock on blog sites and when the stock rises in price often they are first ones out ,often these huge block sell offs make the stock tumble down. This tactic poses a danger as the unsuspecting investor buy the stock at the pumped up price, only to watch it fall . Good companies are sometimes forced to use stock promoters to get there stock noticed,but this tactic can often destroy a company's good credit. The average penny stock investors often get caught up in these situations because they don't recognize a pump and dump situation until it's too late......I was bored today also