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To: Mark Fowler who wrote (89829)	1/5/2000 12:24:00 PM
From: Robert Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

<If i sold i'd pay 50% in Taxes. I'd have to come up 100% just to break even again.> This sounds like a repeat of the 4/99 discussions. Except that you're espousing my arguments back then. I've decided to take half my profits, which thankfully won't be due for 15 months. I can weather a decline much better than I could last spring and summer because my net worth is now so much greater. Now that I'm 50% cash, the market can go to hell in a handbasket (doubtful) and I'm still sitting pretty. I have a hard time imagining these stocks pulling back to their 200s - 50s seems more likely in this more certain (vis-a-vis last summer) economic environment. What do you think? Didn't you take some profits last spring? ps. My estimation of the WSJ has just shot up dramatically. So much so that I just subscribed to the online edition! LOL

To: Mark Fowler who wrote (89829)	1/5/2000 1:24:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Mark, only 400%? 1999 was the year of the IPO, and I played them right to the tilt. The only mistake I made was with Acom. 1999 IPO Market Year-End Reviews The 1999 IPO market was astounding. Hundreds of companies went public, prices soared, and billions were minted faster than you could say "capital gains tax." Check out our year-end reviews for more details. Overall 1999 IPO Data - Meet the IPO year that broke just about every record in the book. hoovers.com Sector Stars - Companies with buzzwords such as "B2B", "broadband", "IP telephony", and "e-commerce" became the darlings of investors everywhere. hoovers.com Exchange Breakdown and Biggest Deals - Nearly nine out of 10 IPOs began trading on Nasdaq. Find out more... hoovers.com Offering Amount And Return Stats - The 12 largest deals raised about one-half of the year's totals. Here are the breakdowns... hoovers.com Fourth Quarter IPO Scorecard Net investors rallied behind Internet hardware or "plumbing" firms such as Akamai Technologies sending their shares soaring 1,160% measured from offer price to quarter close, the best overall. Here's a sampling of other IPO Scorecard highlights: Worst Return PNV.net, Inc. Drop: -52.5% hoovers.com Best First-Day Jump VA Linux Systems, Inc. Gain: 698% hoovers.com Worst First-Day Drop MotherNature.com, Inc. Drop: -21% hoovers.com Happiest CEO Daniel E. Smith. (Sycamore Networks, Inc.) Total Paper Value: $4.5 billion hoovers.com Most Money Left on the Table Sycamore Networks, Inc. Total Left: $1.7 billion Lead Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter hoovers.com ***************************************************************** For the full listing of the new 4Q IPO Scorecard, check out hoovers.com ***************************************************************** Copyright (c) 2000 Hoover's, Inc., Austin, Texas See hoovers.com for terms