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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike McFarland who wrote (65669)	8/2/1999 3:11:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Hello Mike: To me, it isn't what type of investing/trading style one adopts, but whether it's in harmony with their personality, their goals, and is prudent in regard to the size of their portfolio. People make money in all sorts of investment climates, with all sorts of time perspectives, and there are many sources of information to help one with how to operate within a given framework...but first you have to decide for yourself what it is that will be most comfortable for you. At the risk of being considered trite I'll put two quotes together from a couple of dead guys that probably sums it up better than I could, "Know yourself," and "to your own self be true."

To: Mike McFarland who wrote (65669)	8/18/1999 11:22:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Thread: I'd like to know how convertible preffered shares are converted to common. Does the firm which owns these shares do the transaction with a market maker, or with the company? How is the price determined--whatever the price happens to be at the moment of the request? Thanks! Burke: No, I still have not been stopped out of my aria--that's the one with the floorless I rant a lot about--but I see these large blocks, 50k shares today at a buck, I wonder if those are the new shares coming on line. I used to think they were folks dumping...but that cannot be, I've got to be the only one who hasn't yet been shook out <g>