All Good Things ... (VIDEO)

Remember me?

Yeah ... I'm in Mexico ...

While I have been spending my time traveling to a different country, moving and getting set up, getting acclimated with my new congregation and new friends in order to serve the congregations needs here ... I've been doing a lot of thinking. One aspect of my many musings has centered upon blogs, videos and social media in general.

And I have arrived at a few conclusions. As many of us will readily acknowledge, social media can have beneficial aspects. I have tried to be a force for good using this blog, Podbean, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. But social media can also be insanely dangerous. Because in effect, it works like the Wild West, or a very radical, amoral free market. There are very little controls, and every uninformed, unqualified opinion has a voice that speaks with the conviction of a qualified expert.

And I am by no means immune to this danger. With anonymity and faceless contact, it becomes much easier to 'standardize a deviation' and begin addressing others in an arrogant, belittling manner.

And how such behavior can digress! Without looking to the most extreme examples, or even personal examples that I can cite, and simply remaining within the realms of Social Media that centers on the capital markets we only need look as far as those who use Social Media to pump flat out false information so as to get ones to buy, and keep buying physical Silver as the market continues to collapse. And by so doing, commit one the most basic of investing and trading errors! That is ... making financial decisions based on emotion and thoughts of revenge against banking institutions.

I have also learned since beginning the first blog at live.com, and then this blog ... that no matter how profitable an investor you are, no matter how profitable a trader you are, no matter how much you try to help, no matter how much information you provide for free? You cannot change the human psyche. You cannot stop people from making financial decisions based on fear, greed and revenge. You cannot stop people from listening to, and believing specious financial reasoning based on partial or even faulty data. You cannot make people become a profitable investor or trader.

You cannot alter the face of social media in the realm of the capital markets.

Of course, we all know this instinctively. No one can be 'made' to do anything. My rather belated point is that I personally believe that the dangers of social media are too often glossed over and ignored. Someone I know called this recent phenomenon "The Stolypin Contagion in Gestation". I thought that an excellent descriptor.

Now ... to another aspect of this blog that I have mentioned in other entries. Blogging, and especially vlogging takes a lot of time. For example, my wife and I hope to increase our volunteer time sevenfold. But just to shoot the video below, transfer it to the computer, convert the video to an format that can be edited, then edit the video, and then compile and finally upload and embed it? Took about four hours.

Unfortunately ... the math just doesn't work out. I can't continue shooting videos, and do what I wish to do with my life. My life is my own and not to be too morbid, but if I live to be an old man by current statistics? My human life is nearly half over. I think I've done a lot of good here, but there are a host of other endeavors I wish to engage in. As I mentioned in the previous blog entry, I have given this some thought and cannot really see how I am going to fit blogging, especially vlogging into my new schedule.

And as well, I've discovered I have a real distaste for having a public presence. The supporters and followers of this blog have been great. They've been more than great. But unfortunately, as is often the case in life? The nit-wits seem to outnumber those of us who seek reason, rationality and balance. It gets a bit tiresome to continue to receive nasty messages show up in my email inbox, when I'm not even actively blogging any longer.

Throughout the history of this blog, I have attempted to assist those who wished to be assisted with what I have learned with my nearly 16 years around the capital markets. I've done this for four years now. It's been a good run. I've last longer than a few critically acclaimed television shows.

But it is time, for this to all come to an end, and as well ... end my ties to the Wild Wild West of social media.

(Video Included. If you're seeing this entry elsewhere and cannot play the video? Click this link to go to the exact video entry ...)

We are enjoying ourselves here in Queretaro, Mexico ... and are settling in to our new congregation. And let me just say on that front ... there is a tremendous amount of work to do. We are only half way into the month of September at the time of this writing, and my wife and I have already been able to double the amount of time that we spend in our volunteer efforts. And that's with spending time getting our immigration papers in order, securing a place to live, turning on our electricity, water, internet, etc. We are looking forward to having a more 'set' routine so that we will be able to assist to a greater degree. That is, after all, why we moved here.

Yet at the same time, I wish to continue to help out folks as I have been, for the last five years. Folks who don't have $50,000 of disposable income to invest ... and those who would like to look over my shoulder.

So how do I accomplish all of the above? How can I avoid a public presence, cut back on the time that I spent vlogging, at at the same time, continue to share my thoughts on the capital markets and avoid the venom that can be social media?

I've been chewing on that. And I think I may have come up with a few ideas.

But first of all ... I need to state that this blog is now coming to a complete end. As I mentioned in my previous blog entry, even greater privileges of service may open up to me now that I am here in Mexico. I must be ready to expend more and more time with those privileges. Such privileges of service within our congregations are not compatible with the public presence that I developed through social meda. When you combine that fact with my complete aversion to any sort of public presence? I have come to the conclusion that I am going to completely dismantle this blog.

But I must admit, that I do believe that this blog, this journal, has been a force for good. For reason, rationality and balance.

So if you like what I've shared over the course of the last five years? Now is your time to start downloading the contents of this blog. I allow ones to download and store my videos for their personal use only, and do not grant any distributor to modify or adapt my work in any way whatsoever. I do not grant any of my work to be distributed in any way. As mentioned in the previous blog entry, feel free to download all of the videos from my YouTube Channel by using a Free YouTube Downloader for private use only.

Because on November 30th? I'm bringing this all down.

But can I continue to assist ones?

I believe so.

How?

I have a couple of ideas ...


Newsletter
A new newsletter will appear in November. For the month of November, and possibly December, this newsletter will be offered for free. This will allow everyone to have a look at it, and see what it contains. In this way, I will be able to assist those who wish to direct their own investment decisions, but at the same time, have the opportunity to 'look over my shoulder' each week as to my thoughts on the capital markets.

After the first trial period, I will then begin to offer this newsletter for a reasonable price. I'm thinking anywhere from about $15 to $20 a month; via paypal. If you would like to a look at this newsletter? Simply send your email address to me at dan.shy@gmail.com


Investment Club
This is an idea that I'm playing around with. That is, with the legal structure of an investment club for citizens of the United States, opening such a structure up a little bit to run money for a few more folks who enjoy my thoughts on the market, and have followed my progress; but really are not interested learning to trade on their own, for a variety of reasons. Such a club, would be for the stated purpose of folks who do not have $500,000 in disposable income for investing and trading.

Again, this is an idea that I'm playing around with. Again, if interested ... simply send your email address to me at dan.shy@gmail.com

I will survey the amount of responses I get, and decide how to proceed with a delivery system on the newsletter. I would probably deliver it via a website.

If there are not enough takers on either idea? Well, then I will leave you with the videos that I have provided to date.

I want to thank all of my faithful, kind and generous subscribers for putting up with me for the last four years.

I will not say goodbye. Simply ... 'see you around' ...

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