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To: SLSUSMA who wrote (10423)	1/4/2000 7:54:00 PM
From: Spytrdr	Respond to of 13953

as a matter of fact i have a very good eye for long term winners, my flaw usually is that i discover them too soon. i got very early into AAPL, AMZN, CMGI, EGRP, and MSFT, DELL, SUNW but i missed YHOO (always thought Microsoft was going to crush it like Netscape, though i'm not so sure now), i never got into AOL (i hate that company and that stock), i was about to buy CMRC at $ 58 (pre-split) and DIDN'T, i missed JDSU, missed QCOM, and lots lots of others (specially recent IPOs which i liked like ARBA, INAP, ICGE, EPNY, etc). traded some of them, but it's too late to safely go long on them at current prices. in retrospect, it would have been nice having bought YHOO in 97, and HOLD, wouldn't it? let me tell you, for you that never experienced it, there's nothing comparable to having bought a winner early and let it ride until your cost basis seems ridiculously low and you can just forget about it. there's no need to post bullshit on this board. i could send you a list of my holdings in my account, with cost basis, unrealized gains, etc to your email, but as you can understand, i'm not willing to share that information with a completely unknown individual lurking a message board. and finally, i'm not losing money with EGRP, but i admit i'm puzzled by the prolonged weakness. one more thing, please stuck you NAVARRE-ETRADE comparison up your arse regards