@Sam2017 - personally I ignore people who hype up stocks, ditto with others who are intent on being debbie downers. If I buy a stock, its only after I've done my own research - reading lots of company reports, assessing the quality and history of its managers, looking at the significant holders (I've developed a database over time of those who hold long-term and those who sell for quick profits), finding as much info as I can on the quality of their assets/product and whether its future demand will be strong, and assessing how much cash they have in the bank in order to know whether a CR is imminent - especially important with microcaps. If there's been a CR, has it been under or oversubscribed, and if the former, did a broker such as Patersons take up the slack (in which case there'll be dumping into the SP until they've sold out). Lastly I analyse the chart, seeing where support & resistance are, looking at recent price action & volume and determining whether its in a good place to buy.
Someone like shimmer may bring a stock to my attention, but I never ever buy on his say-so, or the recommendations of other people I've followed over the years. People who do buy because others told them to, only have themselves to blame.
