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To: JZGalt who wrote (8387)	9/2/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: LemonHead	Respond to of 18928

Dave, that is good. I like to use the KISS Principle (Keep it Simple Simon). Thxs. I wanted to know who kicked over the Red Paint Bucket this morning. Darn, gonna have to put my Helmet on. Keith

To: JZGalt who wrote (8387)	9/2/1999 11:44:00 AM
From: Bernie Goldberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

Hi, Didn't realize that was a trick question. Dave, here's an easy one for you. It will be easy because you can use Confirmatory Analysis to confirm the past. I believe that there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 8000-9000 stocks out there. You seem to think there are a lot of stocks out there that go straight up. I was wondering if you could give me a list of 45 of them that have gone straight up over a period of 5 yrs. That's less than 1/2 of 1 percent. I keep hearing about stocks that go straight up. I would like to see some of them.<grin> Bernie

To: JZGalt who wrote (8387)	9/2/1999 6:23:00 PM
From: Dataminer1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

The ones that go straight up are not suitable for AIMing and paradoxically the ones that go straight down are not suitable either. The good thing is that most stocks go up and down. The only consolation on a stock that goes straight down is that I guarantee you will have a lower average cost per share with AIM! I tend to agree with Bernie that the "risk management" aspect is often overlooked. The strategy can dilute the reward in some cases, however the premise of being "fully invested" at bottoms and "underweighted" at peaks still seems very rational. Regards, Bill