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To: Gottfried who wrote (20916)	6/26/1998 11:21:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	of 70976

Gottfried, <*OT re Dow Dogs OT*> One of the most informative sites for Dogs of the Dow is at fool.com Robert Sheard does a daily column called the Daily Dow. In that section of the Motley Fool, is an extensive archive of past columns as well as URLs linking to data and performance stats and other info pertaining to variations of the "Dogs". 1 Question: Why buy a fund rather than just buying the stocks directly? Unless you're considering an amount that would make the commissions overwhelming as a %age of total investment, I don't see the benefit of paying a fund manager a variety of fees to add no value. A couple clarifications. The original Dogs of the Dow was simply buying the 10 Highest Yielding Dow Stocks. Several variations have been back tested to that scheme. 1 of the more popular is to sort the 10 high yielders according to price and buy the 5 lowest priced of those high yielders. That improves the return substantially. You seem to have missed another good site in your search: Look for Mark Pankin. If you can't find it on the web, ask and I'll get you a URL. He has done more research into other variations and has generally informative info re Dow Dog strategies. IMO, there's no time like now to get started. I watched the Dow 30 for about a year after reading O'Higgins book before my first purchase - T at about 35. I've since added 7 other Dow Dogs as they entered the 5 lowest priced of the High yielders. I'm quite satisfied with the performance and the steady dividend cheques. :-) Best wishes, Ian.

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