[john kane]

kimchi - having taken on board the advice, im leaning towards not doing it now. my general strategy would be to leverage as much as possible any companies i heard were going to do well. as for risk management, i'd allow for 15% drop till bust per stock, and try to diversify my holdings so, say a US market crash occurs i wouldnt be wiped out of my portfolio.

i guess the reason i am so opposed to doing my own research is that from reading around, even people who spend 30+ hours doing research get it wrong, so it is futile me spending a few hours a week trying.

i agree eastbay you have to be careful why someone is giving a tip, but i doubt anyone on here thinks by offering a tip it will affect the share price, thus people might as well hope to get braggin rights by their pick doing well.

thanks for the replies, ill def keep this updated.