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To: Curbstone who wrote (11779)	12/2/1999 8:51:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) of 54805

If you're ambivilant about selling them,... If you're ambivalent about selling them you'd probably be ambivalent about buying them. Don't ever own a stock you don't know exactly why you want it in your portfolio. If you're ambivalent, sell it and take your time deciding how to deploy the funds. Back to basics: Can you describe the company's core business in one sentence? Can you describe in one sentence the most important reason it's long-term success is likely? If not, bone up on your research and decide whether or not it's a keeper. Another test: Quickly, in ten seconds and using only one word, what's the most important criterion for having a stock in your portfolio? Quickly, in ten seconds, what is the one criterion that would prevent you from having a stock in your portfolio regardless of the other wonderful characteristics? If you don't know the answers to those questions in a nano-second, formulate the answers and act on them. --Mike Buckley

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