Howdy folks,
This is not about funds directly but about the history of this discussion group and some of the people who blazed the trail. Please help me out with corrections and additional names.
The roots are in the UseNetNewsGroups, particularly MutualFundInvesting. When the WWW came about in the early 90's several folks tried to set up a discussion board. The one I remember as a direct ancestor of MFO was FundAlarm by Salil Gangal. Back then we had Ed as a regular and Art. I remember Art always saying, 'no one ever went broke taking profits '. Then there was Maureen. We figured she died in the Twin Towers. Never knew for sure, but she was so informed and savy and after 9/11 she disappeared. Alas. That said, we still have some old timers around.
What I treasure is the knowledge I gained on this board from so many people over so many years.
and so it goes,
peace,
rono
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I don't recall the group's name before the great renaming . Could have been net.invest.mutual-funds.
"What I treasure is the knowledge I gained on this board from so many people over so many years."
+1
A few names remembered ... Maurice, MJG - and Flack, the technical analysis fella, who often confronted him.
Ted ("The Linkster") was a huge presence for a long time - whether you agreed with him or not.
@rono said, "What I treasure is the knowledge I gained on this board from so many people over so many years.
Absolutely.
A few Fundvision names: Art, Ed, Dale, Pat-Ster, Lead, escott, jughead, uncleharley, Gary Smith. A fellow ran Bob's Page with quite good momentum indicators and such.
A few thoughts, wrong or right: Now that many here do not need basic background or education, they just seek to hear potential trends, the rare new thought, and seek affirmation/refutation of ideas relevant to the current environment. Some other boards with old timers, keep repeating things that everyone knows well. Investing 101. Here, there is more random discussion. More actual camaraderie. And only the occasional strategic economic memory refresher. Apologies, if non sequitur.
Nice!
Thank you so much for helping me to remember correctly and the people. Gary Smith (not the Fox news).. He wrote How I Trade for a Living. I learned momentum investing from him.
Again, these are the people who taught us all how to invest. We need to be grateful.
And so it goes,
Peace,
Rono
Don't expect the conversation links to work. Many may not have been archived.
BTW, when I visit Wayback Machine to archive some of my stuff, I also archive the websites that I visit often, including MFO. Wayback Machine has its own schedule to archive websites, but it doesn't hurt have more snapshots.
That was Gary's rule 1 - look for the divergences and study them for trends. That's why I came out of retirement to play the precious metals bull and ring the bell around here. It's a Peter Lynch thing - everyone has some bit of knowledge that if applied can make money. I've collected coins for 70 years. If they start of move, it wakes me in the middle of the night.
We're all so fortunate to have this discussion board. Best advice ever and free.
take care,
rono
That is so cool. Thanks. BTW, I've got my black eyed peas out to soak tomorrow. If I didn't eat them on New Years, my mom would come back to haunt me.
stay safe,
rono