OK, let’s try this forum thing

The people have spoken, and 75% or so of my reader poll respondents said they want to at least give a forum a try. So let’s do it.

As I noted earlier in the week, I was looking for a way to help all of you who have great teaser solutions share them with your fellow investors without having to get them filtered through my slow brain — I can’t do much more than a half dozen decent posts a week.

So, in case any of you want to try it I’ve launched a very simple forum that we can adapt to whatever use people would like. There are over a thousand very active readers of the Gumshoe around the world, a couple hundred of whom expressed interest in a forum, and I’m happy to adjust this as you like (I’ve had a request for an Australia-only folder, for example, which we can probably easily do if there’s interest).

Here’s the forum (I’ll put up a link at the top of the site soon):

http://oneguysinvestments.com/gumshoe/

(You’ll notice that it’s hosted by my other site, One Guy’s Investments — sorry, it was cheaper that way.)

Here are the rules:

Membership is automatic and doesn’t require my approval. I can remove you if you become a problem, however. If this grows beyond a small group, I may exert more control over the membership.

Respect copyright — that means no copying and pasting whole ads or emails into the forums. Just quote, please, or provide links. Yes, email and advertising is copyrighted.

Be nice. Seriously.

Let me know if you want a new category and I’ll start it up. So far, the categories are thus:

General — for any sleuthing stuff, stocks you’ve found or can’t find, or things that the Gumshoe has ignored because he can’t figure them out or thinks they’re insoluble.

Recommendations — for you to recommend investments. You can even tout your own stocks in this category if you want, but do not do it anywhere else on the boards. I’d avoid this category if I were you, but I thought we should have a place where people can “sell” their own investments just like the newsletters do. If you submit, “buy XXX now it’s going to the moon!” I feel sorry for you but will allow it in this folder. If you write it in another folder where it can irritate the rest of us, no more forum for you.

Newsletter Experiences — I hear via email from a lot of you who like/hate/regret/adore the newsletters you’ve subscribed to in the past. Interesting info — let’s share it with everyone, since it doesn’t do much good for the consumers of the world in my email box.

So … that’s where we stand so far. I’ll let it rip for a while and see if there’s really any interest, and if we need new rules or rearranging. Let me know if you have any ideas.

And as I noted when I brought this up: This will not change the Gumshoe site itself, this is totally separate and I’ll still be doing my half-dozen or so sleuthing projects a week, as time allows, and sharing what little wit or wisdom I have with all of you. You guys are wonderful readers and you have great ideas to share — let’s share them.

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1. DIVIDENT STOCKS… there are a lot of newsletter on dividends and captial growth. It was be nice to have a FORUM specifically for DIvidend stocks and the best Newletters!

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   Posted by bob4001 | May 26, 2007, 4:07 pm

2. Thank You!! As what I think of myself as an investor. Any help I can recieve is appriciated.

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   Posted by Anonymous | May 27, 2007, 2:31 pm

3. I’m new at this investing/sleuthing thing as a result I often find it difficult understanding the language and terms used but I’m hooked, WHY! possibly because I haven’t lost my shirt yet and it’s exciting, I don’t have the usual distractions of partners, kids or a job (retired with a small disability pension). It reminds me of old English detective shows, mind you I could never figure those out either.
   I like your style and humour and any help I can get on making a little extra money is worthy of a donation.
   One request to anyone taking the time to read this, as I’m to old ‘late fifty’s to slowly build, I’d love to know where to begin, there’s so much ’stuff’ out there.

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   Posted by Muser | May 28, 2007, 5:59 am

4. Does anyone know anything about the Escondido Retirement Trust?

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   Posted by Anonymous | May 28, 2007, 5:38 pm

5. I went over to your forum but I could not figure out how to post to it…

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   Posted by Deborah | May 28, 2007, 6:49 pm

6. Thanks Deborah — just click on the “sign in” link on the top right, then on the link to apply for membership (you will automatically be approved). Then you can start either commenting on existing discussion topics or start your own discussion with the link on the left side.

   I hope that helps. I’ll try to set up some instructions or make this stuff more obvious, the forum is very bare bones so far.

   Cheers,
   SG

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   Farley 5 Reply:
   April 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 am

   The forum is WONDERFUL! Not Bare bones. I am amazed at how sharing the folks are when I have a question. SG – Keep up the great work.

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   Posted by One Guy | May 28, 2007, 7:59 pm

7. The Forum sounds exciting. As for people touting their own stock, I suggest a rule that the person cop to it so that the readers aren’t fooled into thinking it’s an objective pick. Reasonable?

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   Posted by Anonymous | June 27, 2007, 5:10 pm

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   Canada based Uranium participation fund – (U:TSX) and Guangshen Railway Co. (GSH-NYSE) and the Hi Ho Silver is Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp (CDE:NYSE).

   I would check out MBRTF – Nikel Company with Mike Mason as CEO!!!!

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   Posted by Gonastinurnare | November 30, 2008, 11:04 am

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    Thanks
    Sandra Dalene VanAlstine

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    Posted by Sandra_Dalene_VanAlstine | August 1, 2009, 4:31 am