In December, I let everyone know that I intended to shut down the blog and database during 2008 in order to apply what I have done with HEDGEfolios and get back into serious money management via a hedge fund of my own or by working with someone else. Click here if you want to read that notice.

Since then, I have taken additional steps to open up access to the database with or without registration so that any interested parties can evaluate the consistency and quality of the signals at HEDGEfolios.

Regarding the blog….in March, I promised that I would finish up a bunch of old post ideas and then give everyone a week to send topics they’d like me to discuss before I stop or slow down my commentaries. I’ll explain more of the reasons next week, but the time has come for me to focus on other activities with time I now spend on this blog. During next week and by no later than July 31, 2008, I will complete the backlog of things I still want to discuss.

From now until August 7th at midnight, I will entertain your ideas…all you need to do is send me an email to notifications (at) hedgefolios (dot) com. I do not expect to start writing my responses until I finish my own stuff.

As I wrote before:

I will only write about topics that you readers want me to discuss. If there are no requests at that time, there will be no posts from me. If I don’t like the ideas people send in…I won’t write about them.

To clarify…if I don’t like the comment or request because it doesn’t fit with the objectives I have tried to exhibit at HEDGEfolios…I will just delete the email without explanation. I will not publicize anyone’s email address or complete name in any way during this process. Once we are past that August 7th deadline, I make no commitment to respond to requests.

I’ve been told how I would be more popular if I allowed comments. I am not sure about that or just how popular or unpopular I am, but being a popular blogger is not something I set out to become or something that I value. I appreciate the sentiments that many of you have expressed via email and I recognize that I have not made it easy to communicate with me. This effort (and if it goes well, one more that I am considering) will attempt to compensate for a few years worth of being somewhat out of touch.