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To: matvest who wrote (14092)	12/25/2000 6:57:21 PM
From: Bernie Goldberg	Respond to of 18928

Hi, I can answer that with Newport all you have to do is this: Go to the page for the stock in question. Click on the maintenance button.(the one with the picture of the guy working under the hood of the car). change the number of shares. Done!!! It's that simple. Reinvesting dividends has absolutely nothing to do with Cash Reserve or Portfolio Control. Bernie

To: matvest who wrote (14092)	12/26/2000 1:36:22 AM
From: aptus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 18928

Hello Larry, To add new shares in Automatic Investor, you would use the "Adjust Shares" function on the "Tools" menu. This will allow you change the number of shares and the price per share without affecting the portfolio control. If you then want to change the portfolio control, you would use the "Adjust Portfolio Control" function (again on the "Tools" menu). The correct way to handle dividends is to treat them as new cash and invest the appropriate portion in equities and the remainder in cash. Then adjust the Portfolio Control by the amount invested in stock. Others may tell you that's not the case, but in fact, it really is. If you'd like me to expand on the reasons behind it, please let me know. Regards, mark.