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To: Carey Thompson who wrote (52)	1/15/2000 1:12:00 PM
From: Starowl	Read Replies (1) of 86

Background and Question: My aging mother, who grew up in the Cincinnati area (as did I) and has about $100K worth of BRW, called this morning with a question. Her broker who manages her stocks called yesterday suggesting she sell around $50K of the BRW stock and he would reinvest it in something that would pay around 5 3/4% interest. His rationale was that the cessation of dividends could be replaced with the interest income which in her current state (Michigan) would be tax free. All this was to provide more income for my mother, although there would be about $8K in taxes from the stock sale she would have pay next year. She has never followed the market and wondered what I thought of the broker's recommendation. She said she doesn't need the income. And I ran a quick check of BRW this morning and learned about its new business and its remarkable increase in value since early November. My gut feeling is this stock is a keeper and that it stands to grow even more this year. Is that a fair assessment or is the current rise a fluke? Any opinions would be appreciated. Starowl

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