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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (36930)	6/2/2000 10:41:00 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77400

It's so funny that others think buy and hold is so stupid. I really feel sorry for them. You know why? Because my dad is one of those folks who can't keep his paws off his money for one day. So he's in and out constantly. And he's down about 50% in the last 2 years of trading. Whereas, I am up considerably with little to no taxes being paid to the gov't. Sometimes I just want to beat my dad over the head with a good book on buy and hold until somehow through osmosis and cranial trauma, he learns that daytrading and shorting is a great long term strategy for nothing more than destitution. Ah well!