Rethink on publishing stock names...

On second thoughts, I have decided not to publish the names of the stocks which I buy (But see the blog dated Dec 21, 2005. In short, I have decided to publish the names, after a cooling off period). Instead, I would be using a notation which will denote the year of purchase and the ordinal number of the purchase. Example : S1-05 for the first stock I bought in year 2005. Rationale:

1. I don't want run the risk of influencing the price of the stocks I have purchased, especially if the influence results in the price going up. Suppose this blog comes to the notice of other people who put their money into the stock market. From what I have seen, an amazingly large proportion of this population firmly believes that following stock recommendations (the source is irrelevant, as long as it is someone else than themselves) is the (only!) way to make money from stock markets. So, if a sufficiently large number from this group happens to come across this blog, it is almost certain that a number of them would start following these recommendations, especially if my past record happens to be good(which I hope it would be!). In other words, publishing a stock in these columns may be a cause for a (probably short-lived) rise in its price. Which would obviously go against my interests.
2. My emphasis is on the methods used to choose a stock, rather than on the specific stock that was chosen As such, publishing the stock name doesn't add any value to the blog. Indeed, it might even detract from the little instructional value that it may have for those keen on value investing.