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To: rbotik who wrote (21256)	6/29/1999 4:35:00 PM
From: Bob Mohebbi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 40688

I just received this from the FOOLs WEB site in reply to my request for a PNLK message board. << PNLK >> Greetings! We received your request to open a folder. Unfortunately, we do not open folders for stocks that trade around or below $5 per share, bulletin board stocks, or stocks that trade only on foreign exchanges. The reason for the $5 threshold is the attendant risks, as 75% of stocks that trade around or under $5 go onward to $0. Many of these stocks are low-quality companies whose prospects could be hyped by promoters. And, because of their thin market capitalizations, the online medium could be used successfully by people to move the prices on these stocks. We at the Motley Fool wish to avoid these situations. For bulletin board stocks or stocks listed only on foreign exchanges, one issue is the inability to obtain quotes through AOL's quote system online. The other issue is that these stocks do not have to meet the stringent quality requirements of the three main US exchanges (Nasdaq, AMEX, and NYSE). These requirements are not a comment on the stock itself but, rather, are attributable to our limited message board space and certain decisions made at Fool HQ regarding the threshold of quality a company must achieve to be listed on our boards. Apologies, FoolTools