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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lawdog who wrote (34502)	4/29/2000 11:28:00 AM
From: Techplayer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

lawdog, regarding this comment "Look back during just the short bear period we experienced (not saying that it is over - I believe we are still in a bear market) and and see how employees reacted (they wanted cash)"..That is not necessarily true. Most technical people that I see are looking for a good salary with maximum participation in a stock option plan. They know that they can work for 40 years and not make the money that a good option plan can deliver. tp

To: lawdog who wrote (34502)	4/30/2000 5:22:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

Dear lawdog: Forgetting CSCO specifically and just talking generalities, I believe if you investigate further you will learn at least these two facts: 1. It isnt the private INVESTOR who is causing the volatility. We all have stood pat through all of this. It is the funds and the increasingly important day traders who are creating the volatility. Fund managers are under incredible strains and tend to jump at the least bump in the night and they are also lemming like. 2. So long as the $$ remains strong (and if anything its too damn strong now) people overseas will always invest in this country. One, they have the chance of capital gains, which havent been shabby, but just as important to their thinking is they protect their base from erosion due to currency devaluation. JDN