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[MontrealStocks]

Name: Karim(don't call me MontrealStocks lol!)

Gender: Male

Age: 21

Job: Doing my bachelor in mecanical Engineering but also working in engineering conception as well as nano-technology developpement.

Location: Montreal, Canada

Movies: Children of men, City of God, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Borat

Drink/Beer: Blanche de Chambly, Vodka, Oozo

TV show: Oz, Ali G, The Sopranos, South Park

Food: Shrimp, Charcoal grilled foods, Lebanese

Music: Classical and Jazz, always had a soft spot for REM and Quo Vadis(quebec metal). Numéro# is fun club music when you're with chick.

How long have you been stock trading: Just under 3 months, but prior to that, I studied it hard to get a good grasp of how it works and the indicators. Still have a lot to learn, at least 5 years worth before I become comfortable.

How did you start: I started reading a business magazine when I started University, they talked about anything related to the economy, stock market, real estate, entrepreneurship. Started getting very interested in the stock market that way.

Your investment goals: Financial security for me and my family. Buy a nice house in my current neighborhood, a small sail boat and a summer home in Greece.

Your life goals: Before 28: bang a chick in every continent , travel. After 28: Raise a family and just be happy.

Hobbies/interests: I love fighting(MMA), hockey, training my body and going downtown friday and saturday nights. Montreal's an amazing city for kids my age.

[Dave]

Name: Dave

Gender: Male

Age: 29 in perpetuity.

Job: Musician.

Location: Tokyo, Japan.

Movies: South Park Movie, Matrix, anything Star Wars, anything Pixar.

Drink/Beer: Kokanee (Vancouver beer), Orion (Okinawa beer) when I can find them.

TV show: The Sopranos, South Park, Battlestar Galactica (new one).

Food: Teppanyaki, Italian, Kua'Aina Burger (only located in Hawaii & Japan...the BEST).

Music: STEVIE WONDER, Bartok, Beethoven, Miles, Buddy Rich.

How long have you been stock trading: Too long?

How did you start: Originally I fully intended to diversify my savings into broad based Mutual Funds...then I met Ron. Since then I have more than doubled my money (take THAT, diversification!).

Your investment goals: Worlds first day trading billionaire.

Your life goals: What I'm doing right now is fine, I'm enjoying life and I go where life takes me (for example, I couldn't have cared less about investing 5 years ago and now I love it)...so my goals are always changing.

Hobbies/interests: Learning Japanese (writing...tough stuff), spending time with my wife and daughter, swimming, travel, reading, fine dining.

[Dave]

Karim, I have three comments for you...

1) you like hockey? really? I'm so shocked.

2) didn't realize you were so young...I hope you get to those IMPORTANT goals before ya get too old for em. Lucky lil punk.

3) BECAUSE you are so young, it is totally awsome that you are interested in investing. Very smart to start at your age (personally I was just out banging chicks on every continent myself).

AND, most importantly...

3.5) You came to the right place, dude. Pay absolute attention to everything Ron says...he is the E.F. Hutton of the traders world TRUST me on that (I know you're too young to know who the heck E.F. Hutton is, but anyway...).

What I said above about my trading success is TRUE, and I'd have made a boatload more if I'd paid CLOSER attention to him when he handed me goldmines every few days and still does!

[MontrealStocks]

Originally Posted by Dave

Karim, I have three comments for you...

1) you like hockey? really? I'm so shocked.

You got it wrong my friend, I live hockey.

Originally Posted by Dave

2) didn't realize you were so young...I hope you get to those IMPORTANT goals before ya get too old for em. Lucky lil punk.

You're not that old yourself buddy. And I'm guessing I'm the youngest here by a fair bit. HSM has some young posters... but their MSG board also lacks in quality content.

Originally Posted by Dave

3) BECAUSE you are so young, it is totally awsome that you are interested in investing. Very smart to start at your age (personally I was just out banging chicks on every continent myself).

Yep, that's what people tell me, right before asking me why I like money so much. Green's my favorite color.

Originally Posted by Dave

AND, most importantly...

3.5) You came to the right place, dude. Pay absolute attention to everything Ron says...he is the E.F. Hutton of the traders world TRUST me on that (I know you're too young to know who the heck E.F. Hutton is, but anyway...).

What I said above about my trading success is TRUE, and I'd have made a boatload more if I'd paid CLOSER attention to him when he handed me goldmines every few days and still does!

Ron is the man. Period. (thanks to google and wiki, I know what E.F Hutton is hehehe). VMW_EMC's been my biggest dilemna up to now. I just HAD to pick EMC...

Now I'm just waiting for my funds to be available.

By the way, props for being a musician(what kind of music btw?), I studied music for 16 years before investing myself in engineering. Amazing musical tastes also, Bartok's the man baby.

[Dave]

Karim, I'm a drummer. Mostly Jazz/Latin percussion sorta stuff plus "novelty" type drumming like you'd see in Stomp, Blast, and Blue Man (got a lot of friends who gig with those last two...but I'm too fat to qualify )...I spent a couple of year playing on trashcans at Disneyland in fact (Tokyo and Florida).

Beats working, anyway.

EMC/VMW...next time if Ron's calling it that way, buy small amounts of both.

Specifically he was going for EMC on the RUNUP to VMW, so ideally you'd have sold quick and grabbed the other, but that's the way it goes sometimes. I don't think EMC is a bad thing to hold right now anyway.