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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 226.05+1.3%Nov 14 9:30 AM EST

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To: David Rosenthal who wrote (28103)2/9/1999 3:30:00 PM
From: Math Junkie  Read Replies (1) of 70976
 
Re: BUY! APPLIED MATERIALS (AMAT-Nasdaq): @ $67 3/4 Stop: Use a protective stop of $64 7/8.

and: <<A recommendation for long-term investors? The stop loss has already been breached.<G> >>

That "protective" stop recommendation really got my attention, too. Whoever wrote it sounds like a total idiot. Following his or her advice would cut one's portfolio in half after 16 round-trip trades.
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