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Silicon Investor

Organization

An early internet message board where investors anonymously exchanged ideas.


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Summary

Silicon Investor is a pioneering stock market discussion website and internet forum, widely recognized as the first website dedicated to evaluating high-tech stocks. Founded in Cupertino, California, on August 8, 1995, by brothers Jeff and Brad Dryer, the platform quickly grew into a major online community, accounting for 5% of the AltaVista search engine index by late 1996. The site served as an early digital hub for investors, including legendary hedge fund manager Dan Loeb, who used its message boards to expose fraudulent companies like Act Trade. Over its history, Silicon Investor has hosted over 30 million posts from 90,000 registered users. Today, the platform is owned and operated by Knight Sac Media Holdings.

Research Data
Extracted Attributes
  • Founded

    1995-08-08

  • Founders

    Jeff Dryer and Brad Dryer

  • Headquarters

    Kansas City, Missouri, United States (originally Cupertino, California)

  • Type of site

    Internet forum and social networking service

  • Current Owner

    Knight Sac Media Holdings

  • Registered Users

    90,000

  • Total Message Posts

    30 million

Timeline
  • Silicon Investor is launched in Cupertino, California, by Jeff and Brad Dryer. (Source: Wikipedia)

    1995-08-08

  • The Dryer brothers relocate Silicon Investor to Kansas City. (Source: Wikipedia)

    1995-11-01

  • Silicon Investor accounts for 5% of the AltaVista search engine index. (Source: Wikipedia)

    1996-12-31

  • Yun Soo Oh Park, known as Tokyo Joe, begins posting stock picks on Silicon Investor. (Source: Wikipedia)

    1997-01-01

  • Tokyo Joe pays a $750,000 fine to the SEC to settle civil fraud charges related to stock manipulation on message boards including Silicon Investor. (Source: Wikipedia)

    2000-02-01

Silicon Investor

Silicon Investor is the first website that evaluated the stocks of high-tech companies. It is an Internet forum and social networking service concentrating on stock market discussion, with particular focus on tech stocks. Silicon Investor is currently owned and operated by Knight Sac Media Holdings. Billing itself the "first internet community", the site hosts 30 million message posts made by 90,000 registered users. In late 1996, SI accounted for 5% of the AltaVista search engine index.

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  • Silicon Investor - Wikipedia

    Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia ## Contents # Silicon Investor Silicon Investor | | | --- | | | | | Type of site | Internet forum | | Available in | English language | | Founded | August 8, 1995; 30 years ago (1995-08-08) | | Headquarters | U.S. | | Area served | Worldwide | | URL | www.siliconinvestor.com | | Advertising | Banner ads | | Current status | Active | Silicon Investor is the first website that evaluated the stocks of high-tech companies. It is an Internet forum and social networking service concentrating on stock market discussion, with particular focus on tech stocks. Silicon Investor is currently owned and operated by Knight Sac Media Holdings. [...] Billing itself the "first internet community", the site hosts 30 million message posts made by 90,000 registered users. In late 1996, SI accounted for 5% of the AltaVista search engine index. ## History Silicon Investor was launched on August 8, 1995, just a day before Netscape went public. It was founded in Cupertino, California by two brothers, Jeff and Brad Dryer. SI was the first Internet community to grow purely out of the web browser. In November 1995, the Dryer brothers relocated Silicon Investor to their home town of Kansas City. The website was financed by membership fees charged and contributions from the founders. [...] ### Tokyo Joe Yun Soo Oh Park is a South Korean immigrant who ran a chain of burrito restaurants in Manhattan. Park was known by his online moniker ‘Tokyo Joe’. In 1997, Tokyo Joe became a stock-picker when he began posting on messaging boards such as Silicon Investor and RagingBull.com. Tokyo Joe had written thousands of posts giving investment advice and advertising stock picks. In 2000, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed civil fraud charges against Tokyo Joe claiming that Tokyo Joe used his online popularity and influence to increase the value of certain stocks. The SEC claimed that Tokyo Joe urged investors to purchase stocks without disclosing that he owned those stocks, which he planned to sell. In February 2000, Tokyo Joe paid a $750,000 fine to the SEC.

  • Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

    members about such stocks. 11. MARKET DATA, NEWS AND STOCK QUOTES Silicon Investor, at our discretion, provides you with services including, but not restricted to, stock quotes, news and information services. You agree to comply with the conditions imposed on your use of the services, as set out in these Terms and Conditions and elsewhere in our services. Certain data accessible in our services, including but not limited to stock quotes and news, is the intellectual property information service providers, third parties that provide such data, or us. The data is protected by copyright and other intellectual laws and all ownership rights remain with the information service provider, the third party or us, as the case may be. Use of our service will be in accordance with these Terms and [...] Silicon Investor Terms of Use Agreement December 1, 2016 Summary of Terms of Use Silicon Investor is largely a self-policing discussion site, which means that our site administrators will respond and react to e-mails received from members regarding violations of the Terms of Use. Upon receipt of such e-mails, the SI Administrators can and will take appropriate action (at their sole discretion), including, but not limited to the removal of post(s) and the suspension or termination of account(s). That's right, they can terminate your membership without refund. [...] 2.4. Silicon Investor reserves the right to access and disclose any information, including user names of accounts and other information, to comply with applicable laws and lawful government requests, to operate its systems properly or to protect itself or its members.

  • Silicon Investor (SI) -- Stock Discussion Forums

    discover search | | | We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level. | | | | --- | | Techstocks Biotech Non-Tech Gold/Mining/Energy Microcap Strategies | | | | | --- | | Find Boards | Computers, Software, Communications, Semiconductors, Web | [...] | | | | | | | | | | | | --- --- --- --- --- | | Subject Title | | Ticker | Price | Chg % | Moderated By | Total Replies | Most Recent Message | Replies in 7 days | SubMks 30 days | | Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting | | QCOM | 215.53 | -11.2% | Silcon Observer | 199687 | 6 hours ago | 156 | 17 | | AMD, ARMH, INTC, NVDA | | AMD | 466.38 | -10.9% | neolib | 76738 | 4 minutes ago | 93 | 4 | | Research Frontiers (REFR) | | REFR | 0.730 | -3.5% | wallstreetbull | 51052 | Thursday | 37 | 1 | | Semi Equipment Analysis | | SOXX | 539.77 | -10.4% | Return to Sender | 96718 | 2 hours ago | 63 | 2 | | Media Industries: Newspapers, TV, Radio, Movies, Online | | NFLX | 82.21 | +0.8% | Ron | 9546 | 7 hours ago | 25 | | | Tesla EVs - TSLA | | TSLA | 390.97 | [...] hours ago | 25 | | | Tesla EVs - TSLA | | TSLA | 390.97 | -6.6% | Savant | 27379 | 9 hours ago | 18 | 1 | | ASML Holding NV | | ASML | 1,641 | -6.6% | | 44321 | yesterday | 42 | | | BB: BlackBerry (fka RIMM: Research in Motion) | | BB | 9.405 | -8.9% | Eric L | 1855 | Monday | 12 | | | Impinj, Inc. | | PI | 120.95 | -11.1% | Cooters | 558 | Wednesday | 9 | | | OLED Universal Display Corp | | OLED | 86.06 | -4.6% | slacker711 | 29941 | 6 hours ago | 4 | 1 | | Y10K Crisis | | | | | | 6389 | yesterday | 12 | | | The Electric Car, or MPG "what me worry?" | | | | | Eric | 18276 | 8 hours ago | 34 | | | SpaceX | | | | | Eric | 3193 | Thursday | 4 | 1 | | The end of Moore's law - Poet Technologies | | POET | 11.91 | -23.0% | SGJ | 1695 | yesterday | 3 | 1 | | Softbank Group Corp

  • Buy and Sell Signals, and Other Market Perspectives | Stock Discussion Forums

    discover search | | | We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level. | [...] SI | | | | | SI + Home + Discover + Site Forums + About - Terms of Use - Privacy Policy - Copyright/IP Policy - Contact Us - About Us - FAQ + Sign In recsMail + You are not logged in. Login + Not a Member? Register - its easy and free SubjectMarks + You are not logged in. Login + Not a Member? Register - its easy and free PeopleMarks + You are not logged in. Login + Not a Member? Register - its easy and free Tools + betaPortfolio + Search - unpin search;) Subjects - This Subject - Public Messages - Members - Member Profiles - My Private Messages - Quote / Chart / News | recs beta unpin search SI Web Analytics | | | | --- | | discover | search;) | discover search | | [...] Web Analytics | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- --- | SI | | | | | | SI + Home + Discover + Site Forums + About - Terms of Use - Privacy Policy - Copyright/IP Policy - Contact Us - About Us - FAQ + Sign In recsMail + You are not logged in. Login + Not a Member? Register - its easy and free SubjectMarks + You are not logged in. Login + Not a Member? Register - its easy and free PeopleMarks + You are not logged in. Login + Not a Member? Register - its easy and free Tools + betaPortfolio + Search - unpin search;) Subjects - This Subject - Public Messages - Members - Member Profiles - My Private Messages - Quote / Chart / News | | SI | SI | |

  • Investor Relations - REC Silicon

    Read Reports Section 3-19 Hanwha Announcement AGM 2025 SECTION 3-19 FULL FORM FBR OFFTAKE AGREEMENT Annual Report 2025 Investor FAQ December 2024 Investor FAQ June 2025 Anchor AS Offer Document Link EGM 7 Aug 2025 EGM 10 DEC 2025 RIGHTS ISSUE and EGM 12 MAR 2026 investor resources ## Resources For Investors Share Information Stock Exchange Notices Reports and Presentations Financial calendar Corporate Governance Investor Relations Contact Investment Highlights ## About REC Silicon REC Silicon is helping energy and technology providers worldwide to shape the future with two U.S.-based manufacturing facilities and sales support offices in the U.S. and Asia. [...] Our strategy is to maintain our position as a low-cost leader and technological innovator in the silicon materials industry by continuing the development of silicon manufacturing processes that enhance efficiency without increasing environmental impact. Upcoming Financial Calendar Event ## Q1 2026 Quarterly Report Or click Here to Register and View The Q1 webcast Share Price Stock Exchange Notices Remuneration Reports Share Price Stock Exchange Notices Remuneration Reports REC Silicon Remuneration Report 2025 REC Silicon Remuneration Report 2024 REC Silicon Remuneration Report 2023 REC Silicon Remuneration Report 2022 REC Silicon Remuneration Report 2021 Financial Calendar [...] Financial Calendar | Financial Calendar | 2026 | --- | | Q4 2025 | February 12, 2026 | | | | Annual Report | March 26, 2026 | | Q1 2026 | May 7, 2026 | | AGM | June 30, 2026 | | Q2/Half-yearly 2026 | August 6, 2026 | | Q3 2026 | November 5, 2026 | ## Subscribe to Investor Resources Updates! ## Investor Relations Contact "\" indicates required fields Scroll to Top

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    1/1/1995