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Biotech / Medical : 2000-Year of the Biotechs!

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To: Return to Sender who wrote (285)	2/12/2000 5:53:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) of 1142

Very nice post RtoS I personally have learned many times not to jump into someone else's hot stock pick. There is always time to do research and there is always another stock which might give an investor a very nice return. I remember my first year of trading stocks--I set aside my overtime, and that was the amount I was willing to lose. And I lost it. The last few years have been very satisfying, so I'm glad I kept with it. Of course the strength of this biotech rally has really helped me out, I was down 25% for 1999 as of early October...but nothing but up fast since then. The frustrating thing for me now is the access to IPOs. There are one or two in which I'd like to participate, but even being a good customer ($) doesn't buy you anything. I talked to a broker at Merrill Lynch the other day, a very pleasant fellow with an office which overlooked Puget Sound and the Olympics--he just shook his head, the playing field is completely level, I guess we all just have to scrounge for what little is doled out. Disappointing, you would think that for a certain amount of commissions generated and a decent account balance, that would buy you something, seems not to though.

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