posted
Hey Guys.......Yea, I'm still here....Diana is around as well.....Talked with her today....She is such a sweetie... Not chasing DDSI......MADE BANK!!!!WHOOO-HOOO! found a little gem....sh.....(don't tell anyone)near the close today for monday....LOL Trying to find one a day....Working so far.
Q's time is coming......and IMO...WE WILL ALL BE REWARDED!!! Now, Gonna' go work on some STUFF. And Ricardo......Actually, I do have 3 arms.....six legs and 8 eyes.....LOL.. Sam....were you not sick just a few weeks ago? Gotta' keep your clothes on and stop jogging down the street naked...What did I tell about that? LOL
Hang on all......It will happen..
Nite...
-------------------- Lil,
Dont LOSE more than you can afford to invest....LOL
I'm buying low and selling into the run... Posts: 8024 | From: Joisey....see attitude above | Registered: Jan 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Okay, had to take the grandson to basketball practice, and of course his big Sat game tomorrow. So looks like I did not miss any news but did miss the family all checking in.
Hope the Mlon thing did not kill any of you, for some reason call it a "feeling" I sold my stock in Mlon yesterday, so made out like a bandit. But I do feel very bad for those who were not so lucky.
Nice to see ya all.
GO QBID!!!!!!! Bring On The Green
-------------------- Be Careful Of The Toes We Step On Today, They Could Be Attached To The Butt We Have To Kiss Tomorrow Posts: 4727 | From: Elk Grove ( Sacramento )CA USA | Registered: Jun 2004
| IP: Logged |
Frank Olsen is giving a speech June 1st at Univ. of California, Riverside. They go into decent detail about his experience. Even a new picture of him! Matt
Posts: 1504 | Registered: Sep 2004
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by permanentjaun: Saying my hello for the weekend. I don't think the following has been posted here. Someone on IHUB found this.
Frank Olsen is giving a speech June 1st at Univ. of California, Riverside. They go into decent detail about his experience. Even a new picture of him! Matt
Excellent work!
Good write up too.
June 1: Presenter: Frank Olsen, President/CEO of Q Television Network Location: Terrace Room A (University Commons) About the Presenter: Frank Olsen is President/CEO of Q Television Network, a subsidiary of Triangle Multi-Media Limited, Inc.. Mr. Olsen has been in the broadcasting industry for over 35 years and has helped shape minority programming. He created Q Television Network to provide quality programming for and about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities around the world. Mr. Olsen previously launched the first radio station focused on African Americans and their culture in Seattle. He entered the television arena with a four-hour home shopping program which was the forerunner of the current home shopping channels. He was president of The Hospitality Movie Channel which he sold that business to Showtime/Viacom. In addition to his broadcasting ventures, Mr. Olsen has also worked in the LGBT communities, starting 17 clubs centered on LGBT entertainment. His wealth of experience in broadcasting and business, combined with his creativity, has helped him bring Q Television Network to a national audience and create the premiere LGBT television network of his dreams.
"All he ever had to do was launch!"
Posts: 4363 | From: waldorf,maryland,USA | Registered: Mar 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Wow that muyst me one hell of a cumputer virus lol
make sure you all have the latest flue shot by Mcaffee or Nortons.
lol
thanks for the congrats Terry and Sam
Ill be in and out all weekend. will keep in touch.
gotta get breaky into me for now
Rod
-------------------- Dont buy or sell on my opinions, do your research. Make sure you know what you are buying before you buy.
This is a non reporting pink sheet with very high risk. From high risk comes high rewards. Dont invest more then you can afford to lose. Posts: 4801 | From: Prescott, ON, Canada | Registered: May 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
No! It doesn't mention QBID! But someday it will!
This is not news to me & it's why I'm here even though I get burnt on a MLON now & then. It's good reading for a lazy Saturday.
INVESTING Please deliver my report to: Email this page Format for printing Become a Fool! Reuse/Reprint Related Links Commentary Archive Wall Street's Worst-Kept Secret Discussion Boards Fool News & Commentary
Whisper-Stock Party Tips If you own stocks, you should own small caps. Not so with micro caps. Their performance can be out of this world, but these tiniest of gems are not for everyone. Your Aunt Avis, for example.
By Paul Elliott (TMF Rael) February 4, 2005
You know who you are. I've been knocking around this business for years, and everywhere I've stopped I've met someone like you. And every time I turn up someplace new, I take one or two of you along with me. At least in spirit.
Behold! My own personal whisper-stock-party-tip rumor mill. One day it's a call from Mark in Rockville. Then it's Sean from Miami or Shannon from Boston. And just when you think you've heard it all, it's the other Mark from New York. He's got to be the worst of the lot.
The greatest stocks of all A few weeks back, I made the case for Wall Street's Worst-Kept Secret. In a nutshell, it's that small-cap stocks tend to outperform their larger-cap peers over time -- and that successful stock investors own them. What, then, is Wall Street's best-kept secret?
I'll spare you the drumroll. It's that micro caps do even better. At least a certain type of them do. In a bit, I'll back that up with some hard numbers. Heck, I'll even toss in a few anecdotes, but first some fine print.
Unlike small caps -- say, anything with a market cap between $150 million and $2 billion -- micro caps are not for everyone. They're for people like Sean and Shannon and the Marks. They're for people who love this stuff -- serious investors who have the time and inclination to do some real digging. Or have someone they trust to do it for them.
Tiny gems This all occurred to me when Tom Gardner began highlighting micro caps in his Motley Fool Hidden Gems newsletter service. I about went out of my mind. No offense to my rumor mill, but I don't have to tell you how hard it is find good information on tiny companies. And talk about right up my alley.
Which isn't to say the old gang didn't score from time to time. Mark from New York turned up tiny Alliance Gaming (NYSE: AGI) back in January 2000. It's up more than 5,000% since. I can't remember who, but somebody chimed in with Taser (Nasdaq: TASR) not more than a year or so back. I sure wish I'd taken that call.
There were others, too. But in a sense, we're just winging it. With tiny gems the focus is firmly on profitability and value. The rumor mill deals largely in speculations. How many of you have pointed out that I still own Applied Digital (Nasdaq: ADSX), for Pete's sake? Tiny gems, by contrast, meet the rigorous Hidden Gems criteria. They're just smaller.
Poor little Wal-Mart? Love it or hate it, just try to escape Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). Who would imagine that Sam Walton's empire once boasted a market cap of less than $30 million? Yet even then the company was making money. It was shareholder-friendly, conservatively managed, and heavily owned by obsessive founders.
If you'd invested $5,000 in Wal-Mart in 1980, you'd be sitting on about $26 million today. Hindsight is 20/20, of course, but it hardly seems that Wal-Mart was ever a particularly risky investment. After all, it actually paid a dividend, even when it was a small fry. As with any small cap, insist on these in any micro cap:
Solid management with significant stakes; Great, sustainable businesses; Dominant positions in niche markets; Sterling balance sheets; and Strong free cash flow. Just insist twice as hard. Because contrary to how investors behave, the smaller the company, the more important these things are. Best of all, look for micro caps that pay a dividend, like Wal-Mart did. If nothing else, a dividend implies that the company won't be out begging for new capital -- a great sign if ever there was one.
Many fish in the sea And it's not just Wal-Mart. Telecom giant Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) is off its highs, but if you'd bought it in 1991, you'd be sitting on 10,000% gains. Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) was once a micro, as was Dell Computer (Nasdaq: DELL). Had you bought Dell in 1990, you'd be up some 40,000%.
But here's the thing: those first few doubles and triples matter. If you'd held off on Dell just until January 1992, you'd still be sitting on a 15,000% gain. Not too shabby, but consider that your $5,000 investment would be worth $750,000 -- paltry compared to the $2 million if you'd pulled the trigger back in 1990.
Do you really need proof? Of course, I can't claim with any certainty that micro-cap stocks will continue to outperform over the next 20 years. I can't even promise that micro-cap value stocks will. But I assure you that they have done so in the past.
In "Worst-Kept Secret," I made a point of how, since 1926, small-cap stocks have thumped large caps -- with small-cap value stocks faring best. That's according to Ibbotson Associates, which also ran the numbers for micro caps, this time from 1968 to 2002. Turns out micro-cap value stocks take the cake.
Consider: $10,000 invested in micro-cap value back in 1968 had grown to nearly $1,050,000 a quarter century later. Compare that to around $950,000 for the same amount invested in small-cap value (which, remember, is downright phenomenal), and a mere $180,000 for large-cap growth.
Ride the tiger For all that, micro caps are for investors who can stomach a little volatility. OK, a lot of volatility. The stocks of smaller companies are simply more jumpy than all others. There are reasons for this, ranging from low liquidity to uneven news flow to execution glitches associated with rapid growth and sensitivity to the business cycle. Volatility? Expect it.
And when it comes to business or company risk -- heck, even sector risk -- it pays to diversify. My pal Rex Moore here at Fool HQ says to allocate "one full stock position" to a basket of micro-cap stocks. I can't promise I will muster that kind of discipline myself, but I certainly see the value in it. Just be careful.
And here's a crucial point: If you're indexing, you'd better stick with value. There are big winners among the richly valued high growers, but buying micro caps with big P/Es or with no earnings is exponentially more risky. Those Ibbotson numbers I gave you before were for micro-cap value stocks.
Not coincidentally, the same holds for my real-life examples, too. The Hidden Gems approach is to look for growth potential and real earnings -- at a reasonable price. I'm betting that sounds like a whole lot of fine print, warnings, and disclaimers. But did I mention the potential rewards? Out of this world.
Keeping my promise to you I promised to keep you posted on Hidden Gems' performance. As of February 3, 2005, the recommendations are up, on average, 42.5%. That's compared to 8.9% if you'd invested in the S&P 500 for the same period. For context, that's 40 picks over 20 months.
As for tiny gems, it's still early. Plus, these are not formal recommendations and so are not currently tracked on the scorecard. But it shouldn't surprise you that members are tracking their performance on our discussion boards. Here are some early, unofficial results:
As of January 29, the 12 tiny gems featured in Hidden Gems were up 18.4% on average. That's compared to a 2.4% gain for the S&P 500 and 4.4% for an impressive benchmark, the Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market Fund. So far, so good. Thanks for running the numbers, FoulWeather.
What to do now You can bet I will follow up on this thread. Micro caps may not be for everyone, but they sure are a blast. And there sure is a lot to talk about. But fear not -- it's not exactly rocket science, either. More than anything, just promise me you'll keep your head... and diversify. ..............................................................................
quote:Originally posted by lilpennypincher: Hey Guys.......Yea, I'm still here....Diana is around as well.....Talked with her today....She is such a sweetie... Not chasing DDSI......MADE BANK!!!!WHOOO-HOOO! found a little gem....sh.....(don't tell anyone)near the close today for monday....LOL Trying to find one a day....Working so far.
Q's time is coming......and IMO...WE WILL ALL BE REWARDED!!! Now, Gonna' go work on some STUFF. And Ricardo......Actually, I do have 3 arms.....six legs and 8 eyes.....LOL.. Sam....were you not sick just a few weeks ago? Gotta' keep your clothes on and stop jogging down the street naked...What did I tell about that? LOL
Hang on all......It will happen..
Nite...
Friends, for the last 2 years I hear about QBID Get smart and get out of this one, ITS A LOOSER JIMO
gmh37
Posts: 929 | From: usa | Registered: Jan 2005
| IP: Logged |
Clyde Crashcup
unregistered
posted
quote:Originally posted by gmh37:
quote:Originally posted by lilpennypincher: Hey Guys.......Yea, I'm still here....Diana is around as well.....Talked with her today....She is such a sweetie... Not chasing DDSI......MADE BANK!!!!WHOOO-HOOO! found a little gem....sh.....(don't tell anyone)near the close today for monday....LOL Trying to find one a day....Working so far.
Q's time is coming......and IMO...WE WILL ALL BE REWARDED!!! Now, Gonna' go work on some STUFF. And Ricardo......Actually, I do have 3 arms.....six legs and 8 eyes.....LOL.. Sam....were you not sick just a few weeks ago? Gotta' keep your clothes on and stop jogging down the street naked...What did I tell about that? LOL
Hang on all......It will happen..
Nite...
Friends, for the last 2 years I hear about QBID Get smart and get out of this one, ITS A LOOSER JIMO
gmh37
So what's your interest in telling everyone to get out? Can you provide some DD to back up your statements?
quote:Originally posted by lilpennypincher: Hey Guys.......Yea, I'm still here....Diana is around as well.....Talked with her today....She is such a sweetie... Not chasing DDSI......MADE BANK!!!!WHOOO-HOOO! found a little gem....sh.....(don't tell anyone)near the close today for monday....LOL Trying to find one a day....Working so far.
Q's time is coming......and IMO...WE WILL ALL BE REWARDED!!! Now, Gonna' go work on some STUFF. And Ricardo......Actually, I do have 3 arms.....six legs and 8 eyes.....LOL.. Sam....were you not sick just a few weeks ago? Gotta' keep your clothes on and stop jogging down the street naked...What did I tell about that? LOL
Hang on all......It will happen..
Nite...
Friends, for the last 2 years I hear about QBID Get smart and get out of this one, ITS A LOOSER JIMO
gmh37
Truthfully, I could care less about your opinion. Show me facts and maybe I will reconsider.
Posts: 798 | From: New Jersey | Registered: Jan 2005
| IP: Logged |
3+ YEARS AGO, THE STOCK HIT $1.00 BASED UPON THE PREVIOUS BAD STUFF I POSTED EARLIER. ALMOST DID THEY BROADCAST AND $1.00 THEY DID IN FACT HIT WITH THAT.
THE TIMING OF QBID IS RIPE. THAT FACT IS UNDISPUTED AND WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ON DOLLAR ISSUES ALL DAY LONG BUT NEITHER ONE OF US CAN PROVE WHAT WE SAY EITHER WAY; HENCE WE'RE AT .0015 TODAY AND THAT IS PROVEN.
I CAN'T ARGUE WITH ANYONE JUMPING THE BOAT AT .01 FOR THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS A EXCELLENT RETURN ON INVESTMENT. I PLAY MY PICKS AS THOUGH I'M A 401K ON NASDAQ OR NYSE WHICH PUTS ME IN A UNHEARD OF CATAGORY FOR PINKIES INVESTMENTS.
THE ONE THING I WILL CORRECT YOU ON IS THE AMOUNT OF SHARES VS. SELLING PRICE. MARKET CAP MEANS NOTTA AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED THAT WITH THE INTERNET BUBBLE FROM 1986 THRU 2000.
THE KEY FACTS I SEE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. VOLUME HAS HIT 1,500,000 CASH TRADED IN A SINGLE DAY WHICH IS INCREDIBLE FOR A STOCK LIKE THIS. WHEN A STOCK AT .0001 JUMPS TO .0025 WITH ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TRADED SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO TELL YOU THAT MARKET CAP DOESN'T MEAN SQUAT. YES I KNOW 1.5 ISN'T NEAR MARKET CAP BUT THE LOGISTICS OF THAT AMOUNT ON A PINK STOCK OF .0001 IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND ALMOST UNHEARD OF.
2. CEO POSTS THAT NO REVERSE SPLIT WILL HAPPEN WHILE HE'S IN OFFICE. THAT'S A BOLD STATEMENT TO MAKE ON A PINKIE STOCK WHICH IS LOOKING TO UPGRADE.
3. CEO POSTS A STOCK BUYBACK PROGRAM. JUST AS AMAZED AT NO. 2 AS I AM WITH NO. 3 HERE. A BUYBACK ON A PINKIE? INCREDIBLE.
4. 10-YEAR CONTRACT WITH TIME-WARNER. SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
5. SATELLITE LINK-UP'S ARE COORDINATED.
6. CBS/VIACOM BACKS OUT OF IDENTICAL PROGRAMMING CHANNEL. EVEN IF CBS DIDN'T BACK OUT, I WOULD STILL FEEL AS STRONGLY CONSIDERING WE HAVE 10 ZILLION HBO'S AND MILLION CINEMAX'S. MY LOCATION ORLANDO FLORIDA HOME TO DISNEY HAS 8 OTHER MAJOR THEME PARKS THRIVING IN BUSINESS.
7. 2004 IS PRIME TIME WITH ALL THE STUFF YOU SEE IN MEDIA ABOUT GAY/LESBIAN/MARRIAGE STUFF.
8. WHO-EVER MAKES A PUBLIC STAND AGAINST QBID WILL IN AND OF ITSELF CAUSE THE STOCK TO RISE TO $1-$5/SHARE AND BEYOND. I THINK THAT WHEN THE CHANNEL IS AS LARGE AS HBO, TNN, CBS THEN YOUR IN THE AREA OF $30/SHARE AND NOT $1.00.
NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU READING THIS, GIVE ME A VALID GOOD REASON WHY THIS STOCK WONT GO UP. VALID AND GOOD REASON IS JUST THAT, VALID AND GOOD AND NOT SOME "WELL COULD BE" REASON THAT IT DIES.
posted
Posted March 11th before the second run. .............................................................................
Someone asks "When's a good entry point?"
U4TSAF2 Says,,,,,,,,,,,,
YOU SPEAK AS IF THE STOCK HAS ALREADY HIT $25.00 AND YOU MISSED THE RIDE. C.E.O. PROMISES NO REVERSE SPLIT. SATELLITE SIGNAL ALL COORDINATED. 10-YEAR TIME WARNER DEAL EXECUTED. HOT TOPIC IN ABSOLUTELY ALL MEDIA IS GAY MARRIAGE. BROADCAST BEGINS MAY 1. JUST ADDED PROGRAM DIRECTOR WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
THE STOCK IS .003 +/- AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHEN'S A GOOD ENTRY POINT?
posted
There is a difference here. If anyone really read MLON PR's they could have seen it was saying this is too good to be true. With Q, there is live broadcasting on the air. QLive even has a live feed to hear the show. Who knows if the company will make it in the end or not. If we knew that for 100% then it wouldn't be at this price range. But at least there is something here. Great shows are being produced and that is proved by other networks wanting to syndicate them. And most here think it will make it. Yes a group probably did help inflate the price but thats not QBIDS fault. The market dictates price in the long run. I see this dropping a little more then running again. There is great support at this level. What will it take to maintain the next level. Well more carriers and time. But this will rise one day. And taken off over night doesn't make it great just like dropping to its percieved market value doesn't make it bad.
Ric
-------------------- Invest with your brain not with your heart. Posts: 4405 | From: Bristol, Tn, USA | Registered: Aug 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
By the way the stock was up 2000% plus last year from years beginning to years end. If we continue at that rate I will be happy. That makes us .04 maintained at end of 2005 say a drop at first of year then .50 by end of 2006 then $10.00 by 2007. Of course thats not how it works or will work but that using your logic that we didn't do anything last year.
Ric
-------------------- Invest with your brain not with your heart. Posts: 4405 | From: Bristol, Tn, USA | Registered: Aug 2004
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by suzainiee: Ghosty, should we think about apologizing to U4, or should we think about apologizing to U?
My guess is they might be the same person minus the CAPs. I have nothing to apologize for other than buying a stock & finding as much positive info as I can.
I will probably buy more of this company in the near future as it's hit bottom or close to it. Unlike others I'm not a daytrader. My targets are much higher than most. If it takes till 2007 I'm OK with that.
posted
As whizknock said, no genuine television networks trade under $1.00 a share. Hence why QBID is .0029 Posts: 610 | Registered: Dec 2004
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by ghosty: As whizknock said, no genuine television networks trade under $1.00 a share. Hence why QBID is .0029
Q Television is not yet a genuine broadcasting network. I believe we need carriers first.
Posts: 798 | From: New Jersey | Registered: Jan 2005
| IP: Logged |
posted
Ghosty.....They have just launched......It takes time... I know you know this and are probably playing the game......Get your shares as cheap as you can.....Get the tired and weak to sell and you get a better price.....Doing an OK job at it but, U4 is better...LOL You know I believe "WENDY'S" Started out with one store with one burger.... Dairy Queen...one store....McDonalds....One store....... Gotta' start somewhere.....Glad I'm in at the beginning of this....... I think Frank get's this to where he is satisfied by his accomplishment........And sells to bigger and better.......JMHO! But, also believe this is HIS baby......and won't settle for anything less than his goal.... again, JMHO! GOOD DAY ALL!!
Ghosty.....nothing personal, I'd love to pick up more at .0025 myself but, am comfortable with what I have if not........ I guess this.........will be the month for Q. LOL......Lil said that.....LOL Who's turn is it for next month.....JUST KIDDING!
-------------------- Lil,
Dont LOSE more than you can afford to invest....LOL
I'm buying low and selling into the run... Posts: 8024 | From: Joisey....see attitude above | Registered: Jan 2004
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by lilpennypincher: Ghosty.....They have just launched......It takes time... I know you know this and are probably playing the game......Get your shares as cheap as you can.....Get the tired and weak to sell and you get a better price.....Doing an OK job at it but, U4 is better...LOL You know I believe "WENDY'S" Started out with one store with one burger.... Dairy Queen...one store....McDonalds....One store....... Gotta' start somewhere.....Glad I'm in at the beginning of this....... I think Frank get's this to where he is satisfied by his accomplishment........And sells to bigger and better.......JMHO! But, also believe this is HIS baby......and won't settle for anything less than his goal.... again, JMHO! GOOD DAY ALL!!
Ghosty.....nothing personal, I'd love to pick up more at .0025 myself but, am comfortable with what I have if not........ I guess this.........will be the month for Q. LOL......Lil said that.....LOL Who's turn is it for next month.....JUST KIDDING!
I'll probably try to pick up more if we drop to .002-.0025.
Posts: 610 | Registered: Dec 2004
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by Ric: My pick for a month is in March. lol But really March will be a good month for us, at least thats what my crystal ball says.
Ric
What do you think we'll see in March?
Posts: 798 | From: New Jersey | Registered: Jan 2005
| IP: Logged |
posted
I am keeping the faith. I will be buying 600,000 more shares when I get my income tax return. Then I will join the million share club..LOL
Posts: 1176 | Registered: Dec 2004
| IP: Logged |
posted
Sweet find firefly. Those are the best images I have come across of "Q" in action!
Posts: 119 | From: Attleboro,MA USA | Registered: Nov 2004
| IP: Logged |
-------------------- Dont buy or sell on my opinions, do your research. Make sure you know what you are buying before you buy.
This is a non reporting pink sheet with very high risk. From high risk comes high rewards. Dont invest more then you can afford to lose. Posts: 4801 | From: Prescott, ON, Canada | Registered: May 2004
| IP: Logged |
Topic Closed
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
all checking in.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
