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To: Michael who wrote (33663)	6/30/1999 2:13:00 PM
From: Michael	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Future WSJ article A Qualcomm Investor Proves Buying and Holding Still Pays By Quetin Hardy Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL San Diego-- It is a classic investor lament: If only I had bought 100 shares of Qualcomm Corp. stock in its infancy, I'd be worth more than $1 million today. Dream on. Michael doesn't have to. A (landlord/fur dealer/student) who didn't finish college and typically (doesn't)work, Michael bought a few hundred Qualcomm shares more than a decade ago and held on to enough of them to make himself a millionaire today. In an era of online trading, when some consider holding a stock more than one day to be long-term investing, Michael's story is unusual. His experience provides a case study in the benefits of a buy-and-hold market philosophy…….