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  • Potash/Fertilizer Industry: The Week That Was
    V winner -- thanks for a possible tipoff. I do recall, however, an enormous ruckus over what was perceived as a trader trying to unfairly blast one of the solar stocks.

    Mr. Smith -- short-term trading and buying on the dips seem to me only to work when I know that they really are just dips. I'm a novice, and really do want more on how you tell what's what? Thanks. (Hmm. Maybe you could just post notes here when you think it's time to take profit, and when you think it's time to buy! But short of that, my question remains.)
    Apr 28 19:24 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article
  • 12 Potash Companies Sprinting Ahead
    I too greatly appreciated the article, and am wondering, Gunslinger, what your other sources are.

    BUT: SA editors, and the writer: As a sometime editor, I respectfully but strongly disagree about giving sources. I agree that Seeking Alpha is particularly useful because it gets expert opinions, and pulls together stuff written elsewhere.

    But the source should have been credited, even if only "as I wrote in ___ . . . " And in fact, the phrase "a few other companies which we will cover in a later article" suggests that there were other writers to be credited, although a reference to the original article w the info that the author was one of the writers, could be acceptable. (I'm assuming the "we" is neither editorial nor royal.)

    Further, it makes it much easier for readers to 1) evaluate the article, info, and writers (it's very helpful that SA lists other stuff by the same writers); 2) check w sources for more details (there may not be any, but we might still want to have a look); and 3) go to the sources for other stuff we may want and think they might have. On the other hand, I can't think of any good reason for the author to hide his light in a haystack (a good honest mixed metaphor; I hope you'll forgive me for not citing each source) -- unless, of course, he's ashamed of the article, or not supposed to be using it. And from what's been said here, that's definitely out.
    Apr 19 03:42 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment |View article

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