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To: buy_and_sell who wrote (6425)	8/2/2000 6:09:40 PM
From: maverick61	Respond to of 10270

"Hi, I saw the profile on dollarstation about OPNT. ...... Am I missing someting or there was a big disconnect at the reasearch people at your side." Buy and Sell - a couple points. While I think Chop has done a very nice job with the dollarstation website, and I enjoy reading some of the opinions there, I would caution you to keep in mind that the "research people" as you call it - consists of people like you and me - who simply invest in IPOs. They have no official research expertise except they have been playing the IPO game like all of us. that said, there are a few folks on dollarstation like Chop whose opinions I enjoy reading and which contributes to my overall assessment of an IPO along with my own research. At the same time, there are other "analysts" on dollarstation who I think have no idea what they are talking about. So my main comment is use caution, and your own instinct - don't rely on that of others, some of whom may be knowledgeable, others of whom may not be. As an aside to Chop - I like what you have done with dollarstation, and I think a few of the folks who review IPOs there are on the ball and have pretty good analysis - but I would suggest you put some cautionary language out there that the "analysts" consist of common IPO investors, with no official research analyst background - just so you don't get hit be someone for misleading them (even with the cautions you currently have, this isn't one of them - and I would suggest better safe than sorry). just my humble opinion

To: buy_and_sell who wrote (6425)	8/2/2000 6:16:35 PM
From: bksboss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10270

buy_and_sell. Why use something overused already, like "one through five?" I personally like the pig rating system. It fits the matrix of potential return versus risk over the 60 day hold. In reality, your dealing with small sample statistics so anything more definitive in a rating would falsely relate the ambiguity actually underlying the rating. Whew! What I mean is they're trying to show roughly where the dartboard is on the wall. Not the bullseye, 'cause you can't see that.