We often have readers leave comments and sending us emails after reading our articles. Many of these are remarks of encouragement and support which we greatly appreciate. Others seek to clarify and point out things we might have missed. We thank them for giving us the opportunity to engage in discussion and learning.

Occasionally we do get some readers asking us for our take on individual stocks. We take that as an indication of trust, that our readers deem us knowledgable enough for them to base their money decision on our recommendations. Once again we appreciate your faith in BigFatPurse.

However, most of the time we refrain from commenting when asked about stock picks and market outlooks. Why are we keeping mum then? Do we want to keep the good stock ideas to ourselves, are we being selfish? Do we not have the confidence to share, are we ...