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To: PMS Witch who wrote (48774)	2/10/2001 3:06:43 PM
From: Monty Lenard	Respond to of 77400

It seems the message's delivery is what's upsetting them. One thing I have learned is that the delivery makes no difference on love in stock threads. I personally tried a nice delivery initially on this thread, the AMD thread, the DELL thread, the SUNW, and the INTC thread when I first shorted them way back when. I really tried to warn them what I saw in the charts in a nice way but it matters not. People are IN LOVE and they don't want to be told their darling is getting ready to divorce them of their money. Could point you to the posts on each one but why bother. You are right about the thread being a joke but Gary, Ed and some others contributed their fair share. The only reason their hand is not called by the bulls is because they are bullish. Monty

To: PMS Witch who wrote (48774)	2/10/2001 4:53:44 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 77400

PW Right on! Name calling does no one any good. Makes me wonder what kind of home they grew up in. The bottom line is we have "opinions" and we sure don't need to insult people. Life is too short...We all need to get along. regards, Eric

To: PMS Witch who wrote (48774)	2/10/2001 7:38:30 PM
From: Midnightsun	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

PMS You should change your title to PSM, pretty smart momma, because I think you expressed your thoughts about this thread "right on". I have said in the past that it is not what you say but how you say it, and that is true here. It seems that insults and chest pounding are more important than gaining investment knowledge. This is true from both sides. This has been a bear den for quite a while now and the inhabitants have been rather grumpy. Lets hope they go back into hibernation. I am now neutral as far as Cisco is concerned but Cisco has rewarded me well and I still believe they will recover in the future. OK bears, start growling.

To: PMS Witch who wrote (48774)	2/11/2001 5:23:47 PM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Currentlly, the consensus of this thread is quite negative for CSCO. The media shares this view too. Recent share prices reflect this sentiment. Price bottoms form in such environments. I would agree if this were true. Yes, this thread is quite bearish, but I don't think this represents the market sentiment one bit. Investor's Intelligence just made a bullish high that we haven't seen since 1987. I think that's a much better indicator than this thread. There are many reasons why SI as a whole is moving to a bearish stance. For one, many of the bullish posters that were on margin are probably wiped out by now and not posting anymore. Also, the bears are the ones making money the last year so we haven't gone away and many of us are posting more frequently. Those two reasons explain to me why SI seems bearish, but I don't think this represents the true market psychology at the moment. The average Joe 6 Pack probably doesn't check his/her stocks more than once a week and probably rarely trades. "They" are the ones following what the Investor's Intelligence numbers suggest, buying or holding longs. "They" don't spend nearly as much time at this as anyone that takes the time to join SI and post on message boards. [not that there's anything wrong with this, many such as my parents don't have the time or the desire to follow the market daily. They're in mufu's letting other people do the dirty work] "They" also represent the majority of the money in the market. What also strikes me is that the commercials have not yet reversed their record net short position in the S&P 500, while as 60 minutes exposed there are only 29 sell ratings by the major houses. Doesn't this strike anyone else as odd behavior that the houses are bullish in what they say, but remain at record short levels? The commercials are rarely, if ever, wrong. I've read some pieces about the commercials and their history in various markets from stocks to commodities and they have a tremendous record of being right. I don't think we're anywhere near a bottom. JMHO chic