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To: Investor2 who wrote (12760)	3/31/2000 9:58:00 PM
From: Investor2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15132

Here's the latest on how the sell signal is working for me. But first, I'll review the performance of the markets in general over the past week. This is the first week in three weeks that I can say that the US market went down a little. Last Friday it was sitting at a record high. As of tonight, the US market is 6.5% higher than it was on 1/12/00, when I was first able to act on the sell signal. Last Friday it was 9.9% higher. The total international market, as measured by the average performance of VWIGX and MNIGX, also went down from last week. It is now up 6.9% since 1/12/00, slightly more than the US market. This compares to last Friday's reading of up 9.1%. The European market, as measured by the average performance of PRESX, VEURX, and FEURX, also went down this week; the average is up 7.6% since 1/12/00, as compared to 12.2% last week. Again, the average is skewed by the performance of FEURX. Here's the data related to the above paragraphs. % Diff. Since 1/12/00 Wilshire 5000 6.5% VWIGX 8.7% MINGX 5.1% Ave. of VWIGX and MNIGX 6.9% VEURX 2.2% PRESX 1.2% FEURX 19.5% Ave. of VEURX/PRESX/FEURX 7.6% I didn't buy or sell any equities this week. All in all, I'm only 3.5% behind where I would have been if I had just held everything. That's much better than last week and the best in a couple of months. Here are my sales since the signal, as well as the percent increase (negative numbers indicate a decrease) in the prices since I sold. Security Sell Date %Diff. Since Sale PBTCX 01/12/00 30.4% (Ouch!) SRFCX 01/12/00 22.1% (Ouch) MNMCX 01/12/00 17.9% 500 Index 01/12/00 4.4% VWIGX 01/12/00 8.7% CYMI 01/12/00 9.0% CYMI 01/31/00 -11.7% MOT 02/04/00 -5.8% MOT 02/11/00 -9.2% PRSCX 02/29/00 -1.5% UTEK 02/29/00 -13.6% Average 4.6% Less Money Market Interest 1.1% Total Opportunity Cost 3.5% Last Week's Value 12.3% All in all, the world markets went down about 3 to 5% this week. Both the international markets and the US markets are in the range of 6% to 7% higher than on 1/12/2000, when I was first able to act on the sell signal. Best wishes, I2