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To: George Burdell who wrote (35255)	9/18/2000 12:28:44 PM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

Dow 110k by 2025. . .if it were only that simple. We'd have no worries about retirement plans. Good long term earnings prospects, with dividends to provide cash without selling, will continue to be blue chip investments. You are absolutely right. That definition does describe Blue Chips. But dividends are getting more and more rare. . .especially to common shareholders. Many companies have all but eliminated them. Nowadays, it is all about growth. Fewer and fewer companies wish to "share" their profits with shareholders. REITS were the proven Blue Chips of the year 2000. They moved up over 30% in value while coughing up between 8% and 20% in regular dividends. It is hard to name a Year 2000 Blue Chip tech stock that increased in value AND paid a dividend. Thats what I am mostly trying to get across. Rande Is