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To: t2 who wrote (2383)	11/30/1999 7:33:00 PM
From: Jenne	Respond to of 24042

It Was Time for a Shakeout By James J. Cramer 11/30/99 5:02 PM ET Our old friends the Red Hots really gave up the ghost today, getting shellacked for a 6% loss. These stocks have been coining money for their holders, so I think the selloff is not the beginning of anything major. Join the discussion on Cramer's Latest or go to the Red Hots Forum. Why aren't I more worried? Frankly, that's how these stocks trade. They have giant runs and then have these sudden massive pullbacks. We call them "shakeouts," and they are a time-honored tradition. They occur when you least expect them, and they have no "fundamental" underpinnings -- save fear and greed. No Red Hot "blew up." No Red Hot signalled a slowdown. It was just time to ring the register. These selloffs, when they come out of the blue like this one, tend to last for more than a day. I think we'll stay close on this one. I was right this morning when I said I was taking it off the table. I don't want to press my bet right now and call a Red Hot bottom.