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To: Director who wrote (24538)	11/30/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: KatayamaGorobei	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

Ahem... << it ALWAYS corrects at least 10%, which would be around 200. I may cover then.>>

To: Director who wrote (24538)	11/30/1999 5:51:00 PM
From: Craig A	Respond to of 27307

Maria has spoken. Up 21 1/2

To: Director who wrote (24538)	11/30/1999 5:52:00 PM
From: Pruguy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

congratulations..that was no cake walk

To: Director who wrote (24538)	11/30/1999 6:39:00 PM
From: CookiePuss	Respond to of 27307

Alert: Yahoo Trading at 235, Up 22-1/4 From Tuesday's Close-traders (NasdaqNM:YHOO) biz.yahoo.com

To: Director who wrote (24538)	11/30/1999 7:34:00 PM
From: Director	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

This is what the S&P says a stock will do... when added. Up 3 to 5% the "first few trading days" and then resume normal trading, which in YHOO's case may be down. Remember ARBA announced a 2for1 split after closing at 216... opened at 236 and traded as high as 240... then sold off to close at 211... all on the same day. YHOO may do the same tomorrow. Here is what the S&P says about a new stock addition. A Myth Exploded: "Index Effect" Doesn't Boost Index Performance One factor that does not boost the index's performance is the "index effect." The index effect is the tendency of stocks to run-up when Standard & Poor's announces that they are about to be added to the S&P 500. A rise of 3% to 6% in price over a few days following the news is typical. The price rise is generated by index funds buying the stock and by arbitrageurs trying to create a market squeeze and profit from it. Standard & Poor's doesn't want to move the market. Several years ago, in an effort to reduce potential market impact, we began making our announcements a few days in advance rather than waiting until the last minute. While the index effect may be exciting, it doesn't go into the numbers we report. If we announce that a stock will be added after the market close five days from now, the index effect will play out over the next five days. But the price used for index calculations is the closing price on the fifth day, the day it is actually added. Any price run-up happens before the stock joins the index and the index numbers don't benefit from it.