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To: Kid Rock who wrote (662)	11/22/2000 7:47:48 PM
From: Peter V	Respond to of 793

Kid Rock, my sentiments exactly. I lost a bunch of money in BEARX a while back, and it always seemed like he lost more on up days than he gained on down days. I sold around $4 a long time ago, and can't believe it's still below $5 with such a big decline.

To: Kid Rock who wrote (662)	11/29/2000 3:57:15 PM
From: Don Westermeyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793

I remember thinking the same about BEARX - that was basically under performing the 'inverse NASDAQ'. I think part of the problem is gold and gold stocks still get no respect even in the face of a major market decline (an in fact are still in a down-tread). I've been benchmarking BEARX against MERFX. MERFX is a fairly market neutral fund involved with merger arbitrage and has been doing relatively great this year. The problem with shorting the market is I evidently can't time the market will enough to really profit from it.