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To: Chris J. Horne who wrote (13149)	4/13/2000 4:16:00 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15132

Chris, you are right to draw attention to the results since the date of publication, as opposed to the first of the year, as this is useful information in a practical sense. But it is also relevant to measure movements since 12/31/99, because the original published upside/downside forecasts were stated in print as "measured from the December 31, 1999 closing record levels". Everyone who read the recommendation knew up front, before a single share of stock was sold, that this was the benchmark, so it is not a case of after-the-fact shading of the results. In my view, both methods of tracking the results are of value: the former, for determining the actual financial results when Bob eventually goes back to 100% invested, and the latter for evaluating the accuracy of the forecast as originally stated.