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To: jjkirk who wrote (54399)	12/16/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: William Hunt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Thread ---Crammer's thought's on "Q" ----Wrong! Dec 15, 1999 Cramer Feels Their Pain By James J. Cramer You know why so few fund managers tell it like it is? Because the penalties of revealing what you really do are absurdly high. The pain of the consequence of being wrong -- for all of the world to see -- is simply too great for most people. And don't I know it. This weekend on our TV show, we were grilling Don Luskin about Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM - news) -- one of the bigger hits of my career. Heck, one of the bigger hits of anybody's career. We believe in total disclosure on our show. If I have a position on a stock we are covering, I reveal it. So I said, candidly, that I had sold Qualcomm. I had left it at about 390. There are bulls, bears, pigs, hogs and mammoth boars. And when it came to Qualcomm, I considered myself in the later genus. The stock is now at 430. Immediately after the show, which aired at 10 a.m. EST on Saturday, I received a half-dozen emails about what an ignoramus I was for selling Qualcomm! I showed a couple to my wife, who couldn't believe the vitriol associated with this winning sale. I figured it would die down. But since then, I have gotten about 10 more heat-seeking missiles about what a doofus I was for selling Qualcomm. I imagine that every day it goes up, I will get more. Given the heat, is it any wonder why fund managers fudge and hem and haw and hide behind crummy disclosure requirements -- twice a year for Pete's sake! The only thing worse than doing something wrong is telling people about it! BEST WISHES BILL