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[KaiineTN]

So I got this advertisement in the mail today, and it was advertising the company itself rather than its products or services. It was for the stock GHLT (GHL Technologies). It's loaded with a bunch of various figures and predictions to obviously try to get you to invest in the stock.

This just hit me as strange. Why would a company openly advertise a stock, filling the ad with statements about huge potential gains? I can understand a new company trying to become known and raising some capital, but isn't this an unusual way to do it? It seems like it could be some planned scheme to boost the stock up a bit so that those already in could sell for a quick and easy gain, but that's illegal, right? >_<

Anyways, if you want to see for yourself, http://www.thestreetstockreport.com/ has info on it. Zzz.

Wtb opinions of others.

[Muglack]

You should take an amount of money you're willing to risk, invest it all, then as soon as the stock jumps in price sell it. You ever see the movie "Boiler room"? Odds are this is one of those type of scams. The major stockholders will hold on until a certain saturation point then offload it by the truckload. You just gotta time your stock dump to be right before theirs.

[Lyion]

This just hit me as strange. Why would a company openly advertise a stock, filling the ad with statements about huge potential gains? I can understand a new company trying to become known and raising some capital, but isn't this an unusual way to do it? It seems like it could be some planned scheme to boost the stock up a bit so that those already in could sell for a quick and easy gain, but that's illegal, right? >_<

Wtb opinions of others.

Because stock valuation is important for publicly traded companies, as is name recognition. It doesn't matter if the company is new or old.

The more buyers a stock has, the more it'll increase in value, generally, and the better the health of the stock. Companies do not like shorting their own stock, unless they're Enron.

Every company schemes to boost their stock value. Take anything in advertising with a grain of salt, but especially in the investment field, as generally those who are successful in investing do not care to share, or give away their secrets.

If I were you, I'd be looking at the best form of long term investment first. Look into buying some real estate. Preferably a place you're going to live in for at least 5 years.

[KaiineTN]

Yeah, real estate is a bit much for me at the moment.. Maybe if I could land a job that isn't serving tables, washing dishes or chopping onions for 7 bucks an hour, it would be a better option. I've been trying to look up some internship type of things to do while I'm in college but so far haven't had much luck.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[10sun]

Get your real estate license and work as an LPA (Licensed Professional Assistant) for a firm near your house.

[KaiineTN]

Haha, so I did a quick search of LPA, and the first link that came up was for Little People of America (http://www.lpaonline.org/resources_faq.html), which made me laugh.

What exactly does a real estate LPA do?

[10sun]

Bitch work just like all assistants do.