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To: JSB who wrote (14648)	1/16/2000 4:38:00 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 118717

The powerhouse of the NFC is the St. Louis Rams? If I were dead, I would be rolling over in my grave like a BBQ on cocaine. Strange new world indeed.

To: JSB who wrote (14648)	1/16/2000 4:45:00 PM
From: Richard Tsang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 118717

JSB, just came back from the market and missed the Vikes losing the game. No regret as 1 - I am not really a fan of the Vikes, 2 - I don't enjoy watching football. LOL. Am trying to do some reading on how to do better on investing going forward. Read this again and can't help posting it here for others if anyone is interested. theonlineinvestor.com ______________________________________________ For Better Results December 31, 1999 - Here are some tips to help you and your portfolio perform better in the year 2000. Some of them are just common sense; others are hard to do but necessary to maximize your wealth. Make a resolution to do better this coming year by using these ideas. First, get out of debt. You can't move forward with the weight of debt holding you back. Here's the math: credit card debt is about 18%. You can't earn that in most years in the stock market. 1999 was a great year. Don't look for it to be the norm. Don't expect stocks to bail out your credit cards. Don't nibble on the bullet. Bite it. Pay off your debt, then you can invest. Take advantage of resources. On the web, have these sites bookmarked: The Online Investor: www.theonlineinvestor.com CBSMarketWatch: www.cbs.marketwatch.com Yahoo!Finance: quote.yahoo.com Upgrade your stocks. Take a hard look at what you've got. If you don't own at least one leader in one of your industry groups, dump something and buy it when it has a pull back to an attractive level. By constantly moving into better, stronger stocks, your performance will definitely improve. For a good site that ranks stocks within an industry, use the Industry link of the Research area on Yahoo!Finance. Don't think all the rules have changed. If you want to be in the Net stocks, buy a number of them, buy the ones with profits, and make it about 10% to 20% of your portfolio. The volatility will be dramatic as will the profits and losses. The rest of your money belongs in the stocks that show good growth in earnings and revenues with relevant P/E ratios. P/E's still matter, as do Return on Equity, profitability and all the other basic measures of a good stock. Remember: the price of stock is the present value of the future earnings of a company. That's why earnings count. Beware of higher interest rates. This coming year will see more interest rate hikes by the Fed. All the economic indicators as of this writing suggest that a little more tightening is needed to slow down the economy before inflation kicks in. That's especially true of the labor market. Last week's numbers showed the lowest filings for unemployment benefits in thirty years. Labor is tight. That may force companies to pay more for employees, and that in turn may cause prices to rise as companies try to recoup those additional costs. The question is: how high will the Fed need to raise rates to slow things down? No one knows. But err on the cautious side on this one because the Fed is the most powerful influence on the market. If it continues to move up rates, the party will stop for a while in the market. Expect another good year. In spite of the Fed tightening, indications from most analysts suggest profits will be very good again in 2000. That's certainly the case with the estimates for the fourth quarter of '99. Since profits are the engines that drive stocks, they should make for another good year in the market. However, it will be a tough battle for a while between earnings and interest rate tightenings. Earnings will win prominence once investors feel the Fed is done hiking rates. Last, but not least: be patient. '99 was a rough year for many sectors in the market: drugs, consumer nondurables, and financial stocks to name a few. They were out of favor. They'll be back in favor at some point. If you've got the best names in those groups, wait and see how things unfold. Don't just dump and run for the new hot stock. By employing these strategies, you'll find 2000 will be a better year for your portfolio and your sanity. Here's wishing you the best year ever. - Ted Allrich _____________________________________ This article got me back long in BVSN as they are leaders in the pack and making profit. LOL Rich