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To: DRBES who wrote (68670)	8/12/1999 11:21:00 PM
From: L. Adam Latham	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574454

DRBES: Re: I take this as further demonstration that the typical analyst is an overpaid gutless wonder who is constantly in fear of losing their overpaid job if they go against the herd; or, they are complete and utter morons. On this point, I'll think you'll get agreement from AMD and Intel fans alike. Dan Niles screams "SELL YOUR INTEL" on CNBC and still refuses to back it up with a written sell recommendation. What a joke. Adam

To: DRBES who wrote (68670)	8/12/1999 11:51:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574454

DRBES RE: <<Goooolllly! What she says does not distill to a hold. It sure sounds like a sell recommendation to me!>> Actually a 'hold' in analyst jargon is considered a sell signal. Because so many of the analysts' companies like Merrill Lynch provide underwriting and other services to firms and they do not want to alienate their clients by coming out with a sell recommendation. Very rarely will you hear an analyst actually come out and say "sell". BTW Dell and the other pc makers got nailed today. The analyst who took over for Tom Kurlak said asp's will be down in the last half. ted