To complain about the Cohen pump

Message ID: 35805
Posted By: korbomite
Posted On: 2003-08-31 06:36:00
Subject: To complain about the Cohen pump

...call 877-251-5685 and complain that the largest institutional holder of SCOX was able to recommend a stock, saying it had "good fundamentals," when nothing could be further from the truth.

Use the ammo from threenorth

h++p://www.threenorth.com/sco/index.html

and threaten, responsibly, to call CBSMarketWatch, Fox and CNNfn with the same story.

Then EMail wakeupcall@cnbc.com and do the same thing.

two or three thousand toll-free calls and the same number of emails should get their attention.

Remember to be professional and logical. It wouldn't hurt to practice what you are going to say before the call and have some notes. Also SPELLCHECK those emails, and check for punctuation and grammar. No profanity or anger, just facts. Also, send the message as plain text, not html, so it will be sure to get through. Best if sent through a REAL email address and not hotmail or yahoo.

Words like "the ethics of the market demand Mr. Cohen come clean about his real position in SCOX" and "the future viability and reputation of CNBC rest with how you handle this alarming situation."

Essentially, he raises the stock price by 4% to 5% in a stock that is clearly suspect every time he is on CNBC.

Message ID: 35821
Posted By: heimdal31
Posted On: 2003-08-31 09:51:00
Subject: Re: To complain about the Cohen pump

<< ...call 877-251-5685 and complain that the largest institutional holder of SCOX was able to recommend a stock, saying it had "good fundamentals," when nothing could be further from the truth.>>

Great idea, but one correction: Cohen doesn't control the largest institutional investment in SCOX. That's Integral Capital Partners. Instead, SCOX is the largest single holding in the fund Cohen controls and one of the largest institutional holders of SCOX.

Message ID: 35857
Posted By: korbomite
Posted On: 2003-08-31 14:53:00
Subject: Re: To complain about the Cohen pump

Thank you. 5th largetst, not largest.

Message ID: 35859
Posted By: korbomite
Posted On: 2003-08-31 15:00:00
Subject: Re: To complain about the Cohen pump

On the same board that Cohen pumped the stock, MSN Money, they rated the stock "3 of 10" with a Fundamentals score of "C"

Ceertainly not "great fundamentals."

He thinks he can manipulate it more easily, especially from the bully pulpit CNBC gave him.

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