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To: DownSouth who wrote (1951)	1/3/2000 3:07:00 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

OT (or should we just label NTAP-related posts "T"?) interesting; I have exactly the opposite reaction. maybe it's because I was never into finance or investing before last summer, and so my GGing (and returns!) have gotten me curious about the field in general. I find myself more drawn, not less, to general investing books than before. In the last few weeks I've devoured the Lynch, a couple on Buffett (notes to be posted this week), a piece of crap called "The Internet Bubble," and more. I'm trying to build up the proper temperament, so that I'll be more likely to hang on tight during the next inevitable correction. tekboy@wewon'teventalkabouttheoptionsbooks.com

To: DownSouth who wrote (1951)	1/3/2000 3:51:00 AM
From: kas1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

ALL, I have started a new thread called "Club NTAP" for us to continue our OT discussions. I'll post the last few messages from here over to that thread just to get things rolling. Here's the link to the new thread Subject 32575

To: DownSouth who wrote (1951)	1/3/2000 11:36:00 AM
From: dwayanu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10934

DownSouth - I was in a bookstore browsing this weekend....One year ago I would have bought a few of these books, read them, made some real blunderous trades, gotten even more confused, and gone back to "a balanced portfolio" Yeah. I started investing/trading last June. Read "Stocks for the Long Haul" or some such, and the Motley Fool site. My first buys were four Dogs of the Dow :-) Month or two later, I said "Wow, look at NITE, down 25% at 45, great buy!" (oops). I've learned a little since then, The Gorilla Game, The Intuitive Investor, Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes (who? me!?), and of course SI chat groups. Biggest thing I learned is how to filter huge amounts of good and bad data, smart and dumb opinions, into useful strategies and trading moves. Sold QCOM this morning at 199, holding NTAP, various other G/K's, BtoB's, networks, and wireless, and resigned my $90k/yr job about an hour ago (my wife is flipping out! :-). Going gangbusters into the new millenium ! - Dway