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To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (1593)	5/11/2000 11:33:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13572

You should really go buy "How to make money in Stocks" by W. O'Neil. He has good section on when to sell. I have no hard rules that can be followed by formula, it's more subjective on my part. I sell when the story changes, as it is applied to the company, DELL comes to mind. I sold DELL when DELL's growth rate started to decline. I also had, what I though at the time, was a better place to put the money, that was QCOM in March of last year. My only mistake was not throwing every dime I had at QCOM, and not selling all my DELL, I deluded myself in thinking I can be long term investors way too many times, it's fault I have, I'm almost bipolar about it. LOL The best stocks to buy are the ones that have large amount of potential that is not seen yet by investors, the best time to sell those stocks ala DELL is when the potential has been realized, or priced in. I also sell when the market changes, JDSU comes to mind, I sold half in March after the market changed. I also sell when I feel the stock has gone way beyond where I thought it would. If you remember I was sending bottles of DOM off to volt during the end for QCOM, I couldn't believe the run it was on, I told myself I was going to sell in January, and I did, I sold half I what I held at the time. I also use charts, I rather not go into that though, that would take too long, I'm not the best person to ask about TA since I use them as a visual tool. Greg