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To: Joe NYC who wrote (126260)	10/17/2000 10:53:06 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580262

Joe, re: "Also, in the future, the portfolio may have unrealized gains but may not sell anything in a quarter. This introduces huge fluctuation into Intel's earnings." Unrealized gains (or losses) don't get reported. Same as with your portfolio, you haven't made a profit or loss until you sell. So there is no earnings fluctuation from unrealized gains. re: "I think Intel accountants should come up with some method to average the gains over a period of time to produce more predictable number from the Intel Capital division, and to reduce the spikes one way or another." I don't think you can do that with current accounting rules. Plus, you've seen this market, how would you make that guess? John