What a long, strange trip its been…

Well folks, it has been about a year since I posted last. Everything was good there for a while. HSOA’s management dropped the ball big time in q4 06, and posted a horrible miss for the quarter. (http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b18654CFB-0500-4690-88F0-22F3502EA752%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo). Weird thing was, ole Leftty and Co were quiet on HSOA for months. Stocklemon changed their name to ‘Citron Research’. They also teased with an ‘Invest with Citron’ tab on their page that latter disappeared – google saved a copy though (http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:SIiwGy0R-zUJ:list.citronresearch.com/%3Fp%3Dsubscribe+'Invest+with+citron'&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a). Lack of interest, perhaps? Or maybe it is the fact that their track record just flat out stinks lately with hated companies like IIG doubling in less than 12 months with citron bashing the whole way up. Or, maybe it is because Andrew Edward Left lost his “National Futures Association” membership for 3 years due to:

“ON FEBRUARY 13, 1998, A DESIGNATED PANEL OF NFA'S HEARING COMMITTEE ISSUED A DECISION AFTER A HEARING TO BRIDGES, VITELLO, DAYAN, BURSTEEN, ZAGER ZINNER, PARKS, GROSS, GETZ AND LEFT. THE PANEL MADE THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS AND IMPOSED THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES:

ANDREW LEFT -


THE PANEL FOUND THAT LEFT MADE FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS TO CHEAT, DEFRAUD OR DECEIVE A CUSTOMER IN VIOLATION OF NFA COMPLIANCE RULES 2-2(a) AND 2-29(a)(1). LEFT'S CONDUCT WAS INCONSISTENT WITH JUST AND EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES OF TRADE.

CONSEQUENTLY, THE PANEL BARRED LEFT FROM ASSOCIATION WITH AND FROM ACTING AS A PRINCIPAL OF ANY NFA MEMBER FOR THREE YEARS; ORDERED HIM TO TAKE AN ETHICS TRAINING COURSE; AND PLACED RESTRICTIONS ON HIS ACTIVITIES FOR TWO YEARS WHICH PREVENT HIM FROM SUPERVISING ANY AP AND REQUIRE HIM TO TAPE RECORD AND LOG ALL CONVERSATIONS WITH CURRENT AND POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS.”

http://www.nfa.futures.org/BasicNet/Details.aspx?entityid=0251031

Whats a guy to do? Start up a website, and try to STEAL YOUR MONEY by creating FEAR, UNCERTAINTY AND DOUBT, while SHORTING the companies that you invested your (hopefull) legally and hard earned dollars in.