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To: Tom Kearney who wrote (457)	5/22/2000 3:28:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57684

Great point, Tom.

To: Tom Kearney who wrote (457)	5/22/2000 3:37:00 PM
From: Eric Wells	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 57684

You know who they are, don't you? Yes I do - they're the geniuses behind Long Term Capital Management. With regard to risk - in this market, unless you are relying on momentum investing, I believe it is not a good use of time to discuss investments in individual securities in isolation. As Robert posted here recently, asset allocation is key. So when one rights "I bought XXX at YYY price", it's not of much value - because you have no idea what that individual has in their portfolio or what percentage of their portfolio has been allocated to stock XXX. It just seems to me that if we really wanted to have a worthwhile discussion on investing in this market, we would be more focused on asset allocation - and discuss individual stocks within the context of asset groups. Otherwise, isn't this just the momentum discussion taking place all over again? -Eric