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To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (4550)	2/4/2000 9:46:00 AM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

I vehemently disagree with Cramer. One of the reasons for the huge divergence in performance between small caps and large caps is because the large caps get all the ink and airtime. If a portfolio manager loves a stock and wants to talk about it, it should not matter what the market cap is. Rather, the solution to the problem would be to educate viewers not to instantly dive in the second someone mentions a stock on CNBC. Anyone who considers themselves "a sophisticated investor" should know better than to shoot first and do the due dilly later. I for one am sick of every PM on Squawk promoting the same old 10-15 large caps...it is nice to hear about undiscovered gems once in awhile.

To: Mark Marcellus who wrote (4550)	2/16/2000 1:03:00 PM
From: Yogizuna	Respond to of 17683

It's hard to believe that a "sophisticated individual" would put in a market order for ANY stock, but dumber things certainly have been done! In my last thousand trades going back three or four years, I can't remember even doing one market order..... Market orders are a sign of desperation and inexperience. In fact, most of the time I "kick myself" for not placing my limit buy orders at a lower price, even though I get some pretty good deals. Yogi