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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (46079)	4/13/2000 7:43:00 PM
From: bobby beara	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

CBOE Market Stats for April 13, 2000 Put/Call Ratio: .71 VIX OPENING VALUE: 32.92 VIX HIGH VALUE : 33.95 VIX LOW VALUE : 31.39 VIX CLOSING VALUE: 33.95 EQUITY OPTION TOTAL EQUITY CALL VOLUME : 768,448 TOTAL EQUITY PUT VOLUME : 434,891 TOTAL VOLUME : 1,203,339 INDEX OPTION TOTAL INDEX CALL VOLUME : 98,964 TOTAL INDEX PUT VOLUME : 180,287 TOTAL VOLUME : 279,251

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (46079)	4/13/2000 10:07:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 99985

78% of the trades today were buys with almost 40% of buys in one stock: CSCO. ameritradeindex.com quack! quack!

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (46079)	4/13/2000 11:08:00 PM
From: Terry Whitman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

HB- There was an interesting article about 'Buy & Hold' by Jane Bryant Quinn in yesterday's paper. I wish I could find it on the net- but I do recall that she wrote that of the top 24 tech stocks in 1984, only INTC has succeeded. The rest have gone done the crapper. But I'm in it for the Looonnng term. LOL Sure glad I decided the long term was over on those Biotech stocks I sold a couple months ago. <g>

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (46079)	4/15/2000 1:07:00 AM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

You are absolutely right, HB. As a "buy and holder," I have to admit that "buy and hold" is for the birds. I have seen too many gains trickle away forever... But it is not a question of expecting a 'free lunch.' All those folks, like James Glassman at the Washington Post, were beating into the heads of novices like myself that "buying and holding" was the responsible, adult thing to do. It was important to show "fortitude," which meant not abandoning the ship when it was clearly sinking. A stiff upper lip would lead to a fat wallet. Now that I am no longer a novice, having undergone baptism by fire more times than I care to count, I know that is a lot of hooey. But still...