I have been starting to wonder if professional investors and other real estate commentators should have to state their interests before making public comments on the real estate market? I know that in the USA, Financial market commentators seem to disclose their investments openly when they are making recommendations to the public about certain positions and stocks.
I guess I just get a little suspicious when certain well know commentators keep posting negative market comments. This in itself does not bother me but I can't help but think that there is an ulterior motive, especially when some of the posts do not have any comment at all and are just a cut and paste or link.
So what do you think? Should people coming to the this forum for honest advice have the ability to look a bit deeper into the financial dealings of professional investors and commentators? Is it ethical for someone like myself, who stands to benefit from a market downturn, to make repeated comments talking the market down?
Are the professionals on here brave enough to state their positions?
To stick to my own story, even though I am not a regular market commentator, we have sold our investments down to be mortgage free. that is our position. So in a sense will benefit from markets being scared down. But I am still uncomfortable with others not being upfront with their positions even if it does present opportunities to me in reality.
I guess I just get a little suspicious when certain well know commentators keep posting negative market comments. This in itself does not bother me but I can't help but think that there is an ulterior motive, especially when some of the posts do not have any comment at all and are just a cut and paste or link.
So what do you think? Should people coming to the this forum for honest advice have the ability to look a bit deeper into the financial dealings of professional investors and commentators? Is it ethical for someone like myself, who stands to benefit from a market downturn, to make repeated comments talking the market down?
Are the professionals on here brave enough to state their positions?
To stick to my own story, even though I am not a regular market commentator, we have sold our investments down to be mortgage free. that is our position. So in a sense will benefit from markets being scared down. But I am still uncomfortable with others not being upfront with their positions even if it does present opportunities to me in reality.
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