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Non-Tech : E*Trade (NYSE:ET) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Green Receipt who wrote (12087)	2/29/2000 10:39:00 PM
From: ecommerceman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13953

David--I believe you're right about the stock taking off like a rocket as soon as they post a positive earning quarter (although it might well happen before that, too). E*Trade could post a profit now if they chose to reduce their advertising, but they would be making a terrible mistake if that's the course they chose--the truth is that they're gaining market share on the other OLBs, and doing so at a lower (much lower, in many cases) customer acquisition rate. I only own two stocks, EGRP and a much more speculative R&D company; EGRP, in my view, is an incredible bargain at its current price--if I didn't own so much of it already, I'd buy more...