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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (3035)	6/23/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 54805

When I started out on AOl, the "Motley Fool" was where I spent all of my investment time. ( and ran into Mike, I really thought of him as "Yoda" at the time). I know that it has a lot of Idiots, but, hey, try some of the other threads on SI that we hide from here. I only use the other threads here for news, now. Every time I try to have a discussion, I run into someone hostile, it seems. So I don't knock "Motley". They have saved Investors Millions on Brokers, I am sure.

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (3035)	6/23/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Respond to of 54805

RE: Motley Fool. Touche'. You are right. I got a lot of very good info and advice there, but just didn't find a thread that I enjoyed. That was my own experience, however, and should not be lumped in with Yahoo. In fact, my experience at SI is partially due to the fact that I am a smarter investor. No genius and a lot more to learn but a heck of alot smarter than 3 years ago. So I am hanging out on better threads cause I can find them now. No offense intended to the Fools.

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (3035)	6/24/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: chaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike, I wasn't being clear in my expressions re: MF and Yahoo. I have read TMF several times, given away perhaps a dozen copies, and still consider it a valuable contribution, especially to my decision to think stocks rather than mutual funds. TMF columnists are easily among the best around. I have two areas of disdain however. TMF seems (is) more focused on small caps which I have always considered treacherous water, and the threads seem, excuse my vanity, pedestrian by comparison with most SI threads. Yahoo threads, IMHO, are just awful....hype, cheer leading to a point that I find troubling. Perhaps it's just the threads I visited, but in my monitoring of SI threads, there is much more substance to be had. Yahoo is quick with news, but since I read a lot of the technology press, and keep clipping files, and trade infrequently, that (quickness) is not quite so valuable to me. Out of both negative and positive impressions of these three, I have developed a preference. Another investor, with a different style, could easily develop a different one.