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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom Trader who wrote (22920)	4/17/2000 9:33:00 AM
From: Riskmgmt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Hey TT: I remember you from one of the threads before, can't remember the name of it. Least others on this thread, get overly depressed about your last post and think you are a doom and gloomer I want to reassure them that in my experience of reading many of your posts that is not the case. In your post of the cycle that most investors go through, while true of perhaps most doesn't apply to all and certainly not in all cases. As BB pointed out anyone holding gorillas or some of the royal subjects would have done very well. It is difficult to get overly depressed at a Cisco or Intel dropping 10 points to the 50 or 90 dollar level when your cost basis is under 10 dollars. If you bought at the very top just before a crash perhaps, but that isn't the case with the majority of the thread. Also, I remember you having a bet with OJ I believe it was that the "nets" were a fad and that many would be out of business in a couple of years. (I may not remember the details) but even with todays sell off many of the "nets" are way up from where they were then. This was about the time Judy was recommending AMAT and the semi's. Amat was about $10 spit adjusted. The point that I am making here is that while most uneducated investors may fit your scenario in the past. Here in SI and particularly on this thread you have a very eclectic group. EE's, exbankers, stockbrokers etc. This makes a big difference. Of course, not forgetting contributors such as yourself who remind us, like MB's post about margin, about getting too carried away with margin. Ooophs, market is about to open-nuff for now, regards, Ray