Has Yahoo! Finance been stealing my information for years??

Cabin111 said:
And NO, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I am a value investor...Not great. Think of Berkshire Hathaway type of companies. Boring, dividend paying companies that are undervalued at the time (stable, but maybe a bad quarter). When I would add them to my list of possible investments at Yahoo!, within a few days the stock is up between 1-3%!! I would post them on my portfolio as I was about to pull the trigger on the stock...And hardly ever be able to pick up on a dip. I wonder why?? I am a small player, try to never have more than $20,000. in any one stock.

A few years ago I stop this practice till I acquired the stock. I don't trust them (though I have stock in Verizon which owns Yahoo!). So do you think Yahoo people were taking my new adds to my portfolio and buying some stocks? Maybe have a program that would alert when a new stock was added?? They would then do some quick research and see if it was right for them. Could they have done this to hundreds of people?? Am I nuts?? Don't answer that!!
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Yup! They've been front running you alright, which explains the mystery of why you've been losing money all these years :)
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Let's just entertain the idea that yes, Yahoo is stealing your data.

Why not take advantage of it? First buy calls of the stock, then add it to your portfolio, then the stock goes up 1-3%, you profit!!

My life advice is, don't get mad, get even (aka take advantage)!
 
Pekelo said:
Let's just entertain the idea that yes, Yahoo is stealing your data.

Why not take advantage of it? First buy calls of the stock, then add it to your portfolio, then the stock goes up 1-3%, you profit!!

My life advice is, don't get mad, get even (aka take advantage)!
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It never ceases to amaze me that people can be sure markets are being manipulated against them in a consistent manner but unable to grasp that they could profit from that manipulation of it actually existed. The paranoid brain goes to great lengths to avoid any disconfirming information.
 
Cabin111 said:
And NO, I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I am a value investor...Not great. Think of Berkshire Hathaway type of companies. Boring, dividend paying companies that are undervalued at the time (stable, but maybe a bad quarter). When I would add them to my list of possible investments at Yahoo!, within a few days the stock is up between 1-3%!! I would post them on my portfolio as I was about to pull the trigger on the stock...And hardly ever be able to pick up on a dip. I wonder why?? I am a small player, try to never have more than $20,000. in any one stock.

A few years ago I stop this practice till I acquired the stock. I don't trust them (though I have stock in Verizon which owns Yahoo!). So do you think Yahoo people were taking my new adds to my portfolio and buying some stocks? Maybe have a program that would alert when a new stock was added?? They would then do some quick research and see if it was right for them. Could they have done this to hundreds of people?? Am I nuts?? Don't answer that!!
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Step 1: when you add the stock to your list, immediately buy -- don't add earlier. You're effectively guaranteed "1-3%!!".

Step 2: decide what name you want for your giant yacht in Monaco.
 
Enough people following your portfolio and joining you, if you have a reputation, might not be Yahoo, might just be 100's of other users like you maybe ?? does it work that way ??
 
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