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To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (7818)	12/1/2000 4:13:11 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10876

Good point, YYB. The only way I can explain the fear of getting called out is that people generally buy stocks they believe in and getting called out may mean a lost opportunity for more profits down the road. Doesn't make too much sense to me either.

To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (7818)	12/1/2000 5:15:10 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 10876

So... aside from a stock we may have owned nearly long enough to call long term (HAHAHAHA!!!) why does it feel like we lose if do get called out? Lost potential profit is not a loss, especially if it means you had some sort of insurance/safety net in the meanwhile. Shhhhhhhh!!!! The emperor has NO clothes !! Let it be, let it be... it is the great draw of people to OWN things... Let them own the things, you keep the cash!! Another example of this ownership syndrome is that of TROPHY real estate... The beautiful R & D parks or those glamorous office buildings (remember the Japanese ? buying everything in sight, at very expensive price tags ?) --AND VERY expensive to maintain, in cases not nearly as attractive as their "looks" some of the NNN (triple net) recaptures do NOT quite cover all of those expensive maintenance requirements. In contrast to these properties, there are the UNGLAMOROUS industrial buildings. --great cash cows properties. Unwanted by many, but very good to your wallet. I stopped wondering the exact same thing as you, I simply take the cash and look for the next opportunity... if I do not get assigned... well I sell the next one and so on... until...