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To: carl a. mehr who wrote (28827)	8/28/1999 10:46:00 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

That figures out to an annual compounded return of 72%. Oh Shit! I was pleased with myself for earning 74% annually for the last ten years. Now I find out I could have just bought these three, which I did, and sat back and watched the grass grow under my hammock instead of being glued to CNBC and worrying about each quarter-point. For what? TWO PERCENT! Cheers, PW. P.S. I sold Intel and bought Dell a long time ago.

To: carl a. mehr who wrote (28827)	8/29/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: Frank Ellis Morris	Respond to of 74651

>> Looking back: The investor that placed $10,000 in each of the big Gorillas (INTC, MSFT, CSCO) 5 years ago, that $30,000 would today be worth about $460,000. That figures out to an annual compounded return of 72%. Prudent use of margin could probably make that a double every year. Why mess around with any other stocks than the three Gorillas? Why shouldn't the next 5 year of those companies, do as well as they did in the past 5 years? I think that they might even do better.<< GGod Morning Carl, Nice to hear from you. Yes I agree with your stock picks and best wishes to your continued success and prosperity with them Best Regards frank

To: carl a. mehr who wrote (28827)	8/30/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Looking back: The investor that placed $10,000 in each of the big Gorillas (INTC, MSFT, CSCO) 5 years ago, that $30,000 would today be worth about $460,000. That figures out to an annual compounded return of 72%. This weekend I read in a previous IBD article talking about buying the leading stocks in a leading industry that since the beginning of the decade DELL is up 80,000%. I could live with that.