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To: Jan Crawley who wrote (30973)	9/25/2000 12:47:41 PM
From: Paul Shread	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42787

MSFT is getting hit hard today. Any news?

To: Jan Crawley who wrote (30973)	9/25/2000 1:50:14 PM
From: donald sew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42787

JAN, >>>> But why don't you "trade" individual stocks more often than just occasionally? <<<< Firstly, I have no patience and cant stand looking at the fundamentals for stocks, and when I do - I dont do it well. Secondley, playing an index one does not have to worry as much about bad news toward an individual stock, since indexes are diversified. I HATE PLAYING EARNINGS!!!! So there is much less risk in terms of getting killed in turms of bad news. Yes, individual stocks have done much better than the indices during the 1995-1999 period, but that is the exception rather than the rule. It is not common to just throw money almost anywhere in the market and have huge profits as it was in 1999. The number of stocks which are still moving up strong is clearly narrowing. Last year we had hundreds and possibly in the thousands of stocks which zoomed up at one time or another, but now those type of rockets are much fewer. Using the PROFUNDs or RYDEX which move 1.8 times the index gives good profits and narrows the gap between playing the index compared to picking a good individual stock and one doesnt have to worry about bad news for an individual stock. The downside is the end of day closing for the mutual funds. As for INTC, I was talking about a short-term bottom. It could still move lower, but I would still have to say it is closer to an important bottom than an important high. seeya