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To: Libbyt who wrote (98007)	3/31/2000 12:19:00 AM
From: Libbyt	Respond to of 164684

An interesting article... This was posted on another message board. Just FYI if you haven't seen this article. Libbyt Stock Traders Daily Nightly Newsletter March 30, 2000 Good evening? Picture this?.. I am a mutual fund manager invested in high-tech stocks. For the last quarter I have managed to pull out a decent gain even though the market has been very tough to say the least. The end of the quarter is near and I know that I should dress up my portfolio before I issue my quarterly report. I will need to sell some of the losers and buy some of the winners in my portfolio so the shareholders remain confident in my abilities. I should determine what I need to sell and make adjustments before the end of the week. (This was the psychology going into Monday) On Tuesday Abbey Joseph Cohen issues a cautionary statement about high tech stocks. She doesn't say she is pulling out, she only says she is no longer overweighting the sector. This shakes the market a little initially, but then everything gets better. However some managers think they better hurry up and sell the stocks they have chosen to sell so they do so. They hold the QCOM and CSCO types of course. On Wednesday this is followed up by 6 additional bear-side analysts chosen by CNBC to support those comments. 1 mutual fund manager, Mark Mobius, is an emerging country analyst and doesn't even cover US tech or Net stocks in the first place who has a horrible track record in the second place. More mutual fund managers join in the selling, and now a bunch of retail sellers join the party too. All of a sudden we have a snowball rolling downhill and starting to build momentum. By Thursday everyone wishes they had sold and any sign of gains are met with heavy selling pressure. The institutional buyers let the prices drop and decide they will only try to buy all they can at the rock bottom. Every Manager begins to not only sell his losers but also sells his winners to lock in gains and save face for the quarter. The fear and panic escalates, and there is no end in sight. No bull-side analysts are chosen by CNBC to refute this bearish point of view so the NASDAQ continues to decline on that momentum. Finally buy ratings begin to come in late on Thursday and the market begins to look healthy in the last few minutes of the day. Questions: Does Abbey Joseph Cohen and the rest of the analysts featured on CNBC realize that they were making VERY negative comments in the front of likely heavy selling pressure anyway? How can they justify making calls like this during the final week of the quarter when they know how mutual fund managers treat the 'window dressing' issue? Does it make sense? Yes, is my answer, if they wanted the market to decline so they could buy cheaply. Next, how can CNBC feature all bear-side analysts and no bull-side analysts for 3 straight days? This is a disservice to the investment public. I personally know 2 very well respected bull-side analysts who wanted to be featured. CNBC was riding the momentum and has added to the fears considerably. Combined these two issues are the cause of the market dip and it's continuation this week. This dip should not have taken place; it had just taken place a week ago! There are no fundamental changes in the market. I know all of the bull side analysts bought high-tech stocks at the end of the day today, and the NASDAQ will recover immediately tomorrow. Earnings begin next week, and you can bet that the high-tech companies will be leading the way. The bear analysts surely will watch their firms buy these high tech companies and I bet they currently agree that the prices are acceptable. The icing on the cake is when CNBC brought Barton Biggs on tonight. As a former MSDW broker I know that Biggs gets paid to be bearish. He has never been bullish. He has been a bear for 20 years straight. That was the last sign that we have seen a bottom in my opinion. I pull out my hair and teeth when I get caught in this game, and I admit that I am caught right in the middle. The question begs itself: what should we do? The answer is try to hold what you have. Do not sell out of fear. A week from now those same analysts who fueled the Abbey-Syndrome will re-issue buy recommendations in the sector, and their sheep will be buying at the high prices. Don't be sheep, be shepherds! Lead the way, and buy at the lows. These prices are the best that you will see for the year in the high tech sector. Buy as much as you can. You will look back at this in a week and thank the Blue Monkey that you did. If you are leveraged to the hilt, just hold tight, everything will be much better in a few days. Tomorrow will be a very strong day. NASDAQ will open up and surge. All profit taking and window dressing is over, and big $$$ is looking for good companies to buy. With earnings starting next week, they know the techs are a bargain. They will buy our stocks. Good luck, stocktradersdaily.com