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To: LemonHead who wrote (9484)	12/6/1999 7:53:00 AM
From: OldAIMGuy	Respond to of 18928

Hi Keith and All, I've been updating my mutual fund list from BARRONS recently. One thing is striking this year. Sector funds kicked butt. If you were AIMing many of the sector funds you would have been pleased with the results and would have had mile long strings of 'vealies' along the way. So, if you are looking to emulate anything in particular with a basket of stocks, it would seem that emulating a sector fund would make the most sense. This basket could be designed to follow whatever trend you feel is the "current" one or what you feel has the best long term (5 or 10 year) potential. Another thing one can to is tap into Jim Battaglia's efforts on identifying the "hot sectors" and run a combo AIM/sector switch account. This would be a bit harsh for a taxable account, but might work well inside an IRA or other tax exempt or deferred account. This approach would keep you in the best of the momentum sectors and should the world markets turn against you, AIM would be there to take care of the situation. I don't know if Jim has addressed this specifically, but maybe he could design a topic of discussion for the May meeting if he can attend. I'll drop him a note and see what he thinks. Best regards, Tom